Dictionary Entry

dales

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/deɪlz/Used In Literature ↓

A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.

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Common Phrases

. dalesnational dalesgorge dalesdales yorkshiredales penninedales derbyshiredales johndales jack

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Poetry examples for “dales”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Look left, look right, the hills are bright,
The dales are light between,
Because 'tis fifty years to-night

Look left, look right, the hills are bright,
The dales are light between,
Because ’tis fifty years to-night

And we will all the pleasures prove,
That hills and valleys, dales and fields,
And all the craggy mountain yields.

Nor holly-bush, nor briar, nor winding ditch;
And to the dales resort, where shepheards rich,
And fruitful flocks, be every where to see:

Be lulled with songs of mine. Fair world, adieu!
Thy dales, and hills, are fading from my view:
Swiftly I mount, upon wide spreading pinions,

Of deities or mortals, or of both,
In Tempe or the dales of Arcady?
What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?

Be lull'd with songs of mine. Fair world, adieu!
Thy dales, and hills, are fading from my view:
Swiftly I mount, upon wide spreading pinions,

A lover true, who knew by heart
Each joy the mountain dales impart;
It seemed that Nature could not raise

Was the space between city and city: two days, two nights did I burn
Over the hills, under the dales, down pits and up peaks.

Farewell, old Coila’s hills and dales,
Her healthy moors and winding vales;