Read full poem →But when through all the infernal bounds,
Which flaming Phlegethon surrounds,
Dictionary Entry
(often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
In a Sentence
“I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. boundsbounds withinbounds lowerbounds upperbounds narrow
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Poetry examples for “bounds”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Rather, thou large bank-overflowing river,
Slide in thy bounds; so shalt thou run for ever. 20
Trust me, land-stream, thou shalt no envy lack,
Read full poem →in response to howjedooze the candidate’s new silk
lid bounds gently from his baldness
a smile masturbates softly in the vacant
Read full poem →found,--never throughout the day, always in the night,--if not the Atlantis
whence he had wandered, at least a place of refuge from the bounds in which
by day he was immured.
Read full poem →Bounds o'er the sand-hills free and light,
Read full poem →Not grudging, that thy lust hath bounds and
stays.
Read full poem →The sweet enthusiast from her sacred store
Enlarged the former narrow bounds,
And added length to solemn sounds,
Read full poem →_God._ He shall be saved, if that within
The bounds of earth one free from sin
Be found, who for his kith and kin
Read full poem →Sees the heavens all black with sin,
Sees not its depths, nor bounds.
Read full poem →Sees the heavens all black with sin,
Sees not its depths, nor bounds.