Read full poem →It will be in vain to deny that I have some regard for this piece, since
I dedicate it to You. Yet you may bear me witness, it was intended only
to divert a few young Ladies, who have good sense and good humour enough
Dictionary Entry
To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
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Poetry examples for “dedicate”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →This seed of beauty in a ground of truth.
Humbly I dedicate myself, and yet
I tremble with a sudden fear to set
Read full poem →OF ENGLAND
_I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME_
WITH THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC ADMIRATION AND WITH
Read full poem →So it is, that not only because I could not dedicate Spoon River to
you, but for the larger reasons indicated, am I impelled to do you
Read full poem →DOTH IN ALL HUMILITIE
DEDICATE, PRESENT, AND CONSECRATE THESE HIS LABOVRS
TO LIVE WITH THE ETERNITIE OF HER FAME.
Read full poem →Meantime, Sir Laureate, I proceed to dedicate,
In honest simple verse, this song to you.
Read full poem →6.
I vowed that I would dedicate my powers
To thee and thine--have I not kept the vow?
