Read full poem →Ambition sigh'd: she found it vain to trust
The faithless column, and the crumbling bust: 20
Huge moles, whose shadow stretch'd from shore to shore,
Dictionary Entry
A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. bustbust marblebust bronzebust portrait
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Poetry examples for “bust”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end.
These are thy honours! not that here thy bust
Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust;
Read full poem →Unblam'd thro' Life, lamented in thy End.
These are Thy Honours! not that here thy Bust
Is mix'd with Heroes, or with Kings thy dust; 10
Read full poem →Ambition sighed: she found it vain to trust
The faithless column and the crumbling bust:
Huge moles, whose shadow stretched from shore to shore,
Read full poem →There stood a bust of Pallas for a, sign,
By two sphere lamps blazon’d like Heaven and Earth
Read full poem →Vol. II. The Statue and the Bust. By Robert Browning. _With Nine
Illustrations by Philip Connard_.
Read full poem →"Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door--
Perched, and sat, and nothing more."
Read full poem →But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door--
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door--
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Read full poem →And made your shame our shame--your head in bronze!
Some day this bust will lie amid old metals
Old copper boilers, wires, faucets, kettles.
Read full poem →`And bust the squatters' chains.=