Read full poem →Urged by a longing blind but dominant!
Nothing he sees can hold him, nothing daunt
His never failing eagerness. The sun
Dictionary Entry
To discourage, intimidate.
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. dauntdaunt mr
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Poetry examples for “daunt”
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Read full poem →_Tir._ Cease your complaints, and bear his body hence;
The dreadful sight will daunt the drooping Thebans,
Whom heaven decrees to raise with peace and glory.
Read full poem →And all her jealous monarchs with amaze,
And rumors loud that daunt remotest kings,
Thy firm unshaken virtue ever brings 5
Read full poem →She remembers Love, but not too well, if love is pain. There is no
yesterday that can daunt her and keep her dear heart-laughter down. In
springtime her magic petals bring God to the weary and give Heaven’s
Read full poem →"What! would'st thou daunt me grisly den?
Back must I, having come so far?