Read full poem →By brooks too broad for leaping
The lightfoot boys are laid;
The rose-lipt girls are sleeping
Dictionary Entry
A young male.
In a Sentence
“Kate is dating a boy named Jim.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. boysboys twoboys littleboys young
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Poetry examples for “boys”
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Read full poem →By brooks too broad for leaping
The lightfoot boys are laid;
The rose-lipt girls are sleeping
Read full poem →The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead,
And boys in flowery bands the tiger lead;
The steer and lion at one crib shall meet,
Read full poem →The grunting hogs alarm the neighbours round,
And curs, girls, boys, and scolds, in the deep base are drown'd.
Read full poem →He always made a point to post with mares ;
His daughter and his housemaid were the boys:
The land, he understood, for miles about
Read full poem →They sang as they rode, these lusty boys,
When one chanced to turn toward the highway's side,
Read full poem →On the sidewalk boys are playing marbles. Glass marbles, with amber
and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise.
Read full poem →appoLDted him to a diplomatic foU. When two of tEie olni
iolditr'^ hravc boys, who died fighlirp in the Palatinate,
were campaigning in Hollanil, he crowed the «e9« and
Read full poem →A prophet! Boys and women weak!
Declare, or cease to rave;