Read full poem →Yet time ennobles, or degrades each line;
It brightened Craggs's, and may darken thine:
And what is fame? the meanest have their day,
Dictionary Entry
To make bright or brighter in color.
In a Sentence
“We brightened the room with a new coat of paint.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. brightenedbrightened facebrightened eyes
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Poetry examples for “brightened”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →ravin and spoil of the snow,
And the branches it brightened are broken, and shattered the
tree-tops that only thy wrath could lay low,
Read full poem →They drank it as it were the water of life;
With reddened cheeks, brightened eyes,
The rising flame of my soul made their spirits gilt,
Read full poem →Of old Damascus. And O the wind
Which roars to the roaring water brightened
By the beating wings of the sun!
Read full poem →And divination of the loss as gain,
And reading mysteries with brightened eyes
In fiery shock and dazzling pain before
Read full poem →by tendency, and allegorical by treatment" (Renton). Its subject was taken
from the old cycle of Arthurian legends, which were brightened with the
terrorless magic of Ariosto and Tasso. The scene of the adventures is laid
Read full poem →Ambition. After a night of frost, before
The March sun brightened and the South-west blew,
Jackdaws began to shout and float and soar
Read full poem →Was glorious with the sun's returning march,
And woods were brightened, and soft gales
Went forth to kiss the sun-clad vales.
Read full poem →Those healthful sports that graced the peaceful scene,
Lived in each look, and brightened all the green;
These, far departing, seek a kinder shore,