Read full poem →Say what strange motive, Goddess! could compel
A well-bred Lord t' assault a gentle Belle?
Dictionary Entry
To drive together, round up
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Poetry examples for “compel”
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Read full poem →them, and they would not hear him or let him go on, said he,
“You may compel me to act against my wishes, but you shall -
never force me to speak against my judgment.”’ Among the
Read full poem →Nowhere but here she is: and while Love's spell
From his predominant presence doth compel
All alien hours, an outworn populace,
Read full poem →mankind. And a few exceptional lyrics, more than others that are equally
creative, compel us to think anew how bravely the poet's pen turns things
unknown
Read full poem →IF God compel thee to this destiny,
To die alone, with none beside thy bed
Read full poem →ordered their officer, " to revenge their wrong, to drive the Swedes
from the river, or compel their submission." Accordingly, in Sep-
tember, 1655, with a force of six hundred men, Stuyvesaut sailed
Read full poem →some knowledge of the subject as it presented itself to the author and
arrested _his_ attention, may compel these impatient critics to a
different conclusion. Byron did not scruple to refer the reader to his
Read full poem →is the rent-roll of the landed proprietors: wealth is a power usurped by
the few, to compel the many to labour for their benefit. The laws which
support this system derive their force from the ignorance and credulity
Read full poem →Let us contemplate facts; let us, in the great study of ourselves,
resolutely compel the mind to a rigid consideration of itself. We
are not content with conjecture, and inductions, and syllogisms,
Read full poem →confess I now think it improbable that George Elot will ever
exhibit in a poem the true simplicity of the singer, and compel
her readers to admit that her music is better than her speech,
