Read full poem →Shine forth, thou star of poets, and with rage,
Or influence, chide, or cheer the drooping stage,
Which, since thy flight from hence, hath mourned like night,
Dictionary Entry
To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
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Common Phrases
. chidechide alwayschide returning
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Poetry examples for “chide”
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Read full poem →Wliere they steal all those few gocd things they talk;
Wit-burglary must chide those it feeds on.
For plvmder'd folks ought to be rail'd upon;
To The Memory Of My Beloved, The Author, Mr William Shakespeare, And What He Hath Left UsbyBen Jonson
Read full poem →Shine forth, thou Star of Poets, and with rage,
Or influence, chide or cheer the drooping stage,
Which, since thy flight from hence, hath mourned like night,
Read full poem →[209] So the Isham copy. The other old eds. "chide."
Read full poem →Great joys by hope I inly shall conceive.
Now let her flatter me, now chide me hard,
Let me[286] enjoy her oft, oft be debarred.
Read full poem →Chide me, sweet Warwick, if I go astray.
Read full poem →His fawning wench with her desire he crowns.
But yet sometimes to chide thee let her fall
Counterfeit tears: and thee lewd hangman call.
Read full poem →From the harps they bore from Earth, five-strung, what music springs,
While the glad Spirits chide
The wondering strings!
Read full poem →Yet she has fancied blackbirds hide
A secret, and that thrushes chide
Because she thinks death can divide
Read full poem →He blames her not, nor does he chide her,
And she has nothing new to say;