Read full poem →And the bridegroom all night through
Never turns him to the bride.
Dictionary Entry
A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
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Poetry examples for “bride”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →"When I from hence away am past
I shall not find a bride,
And you shall be the first and last
Read full poem →So the groomsman quits your side
And the bridegroom seeks the bride:
Friend and comrade yield you o'er
Read full poem →Haughty and huge as High-Dutch bride,
Such nastiness, and so much pride
Read full poem →And Curio, restless by the fair one's side,
Sighs for an Otho, and neglects his bride.
Read full poem →Her tender mother's only hope and pride,
(Myself the offspring of a second bride). 10
This nymph, compress'd by him who rules the day,
Read full poem →And Curio, restless by the fair one's side,
Sighs for an Otho, and neglects his bride.
Theirs is the vanity, the learning thine:
Read full poem →Still changing names, religions, climes,
At length she turns a bride:
In diamonds, pearls, and rich brocades,
Read full poem →Our formal compact, yet, not less (all frets
But chafing me on fire to find my bride)
Went forth again with both my friends. Werode 165
Read full poem →Red mouths of maidens and red feet of doves,
And brides that kept within the bride-chamber
Their garment of soft shame,