Read full poem →I heard a wise man say,
"Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Dictionary Entry
A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. crownscrowns thousandcrowns twocrowns hundredcrowns goldcrowns three
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Poetry examples for “crowns”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →] heard a wise man say,
‘Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Read full poem →Or virgins visited by Angel-pow'rs,
With golden crowns and wreaths of heav'nly flow'rs;
Hear and believe! thy own importance know, 35
Read full poem →First gives the palm she fired him to obtain, 5
Crowns his gay brow, and shows him how to reign.
Thus young Alcides, by old Chiron taught,
Read full poem →Not more of simony beneath black gowns,
Not more of bastardy in heirs to crowns.
In shillings and in pence at first they deal;
Read full poem →Or virgins visited by angel-powers,
With golden crowns and wreaths of heavenly flowers;
Hear and believe! thy own importance know,
Read full poem →When thy time came,
There was casting of crowns from them, from their young men's heads,
The crowns of shame.
Read full poem →And can in heaven hence behold
Our brighter robea and crowns of gold !
Read full poem →And hides a sword from hilts unto the point
With crowns imperial.*'—
Read full poem →we exhibit to your honour, it being no more our own, than those imperial
crowns and garlands were the soldiers', who were honourably designed for
their conveyance before the triumpher to the capitol.