Read full poem →But fortune will have nothing done that's great,
But by young handsome fools; body and brawn
Do all her work: Hercules was a fool,
Dictionary Entry
Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
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. brawn
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Poetry examples for “brawn”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →duplicate eggs! it shall be you!
Mix’d tussled hay of head, beard, brawn, it shall be you!
Trickling sap of maple, fibre of manly wheat, it shall be you!