Read full poem →Sol thro' white curtains shot a tim'rous ray,
And oped those eyes that must eclipse the day:
Dictionary Entry
A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. curtainsdrawn curtainscurtains lacecurtains windowcurtains whitecurtains heavycurtains velvetcurtains drawn
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Poetry examples for “curtains”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Sol through white curtains shot a timorous ray,
And oped those eyes that must eclipse the day:
Read full poem →Have played the liar, that whate’er I see,
E’en these white glimmering curtains, yon bright stars,
Which to the rest rain comfort down, for me
Read full poem →Tliis is a most amiable picture of conjugal delicacy, but it may be justly
objected that it draws tlic curtains of the marriage-bed, and exposes it to
the view of the world ; and if the reader turns to the speech of which it is
Read full poem →The curtains were half drawn, the floor was swept
And strewn with rushes, rosemary and may
Read full poem →He talks of counter-scarfs,[506] and casamates,[507]
Of parapets, curtains, and palisadoes;[508]
Of flankers, ravelins, gabions he prates,
Read full poem →Outwards unto the thin
Silk curtains of the skin,
Every least part
Read full poem →of doing her eyebrows.--Marj’s laughter smacked
me: pummeling the curtains, drooped to a purr . . .
Read full poem →And reeled against the wall, for so it seemed,
Against which hung thick curtains, velvet, red,
A little grimed and worn. And as she leaned