Read full poem →the 20th of March, 1 o 74. On this occasion a pro-
logue and epilogue were delivered, both written by
Mr. Dryden, in which the plainness and w'ant of
Dictionary Entry
To set free from restraint or danger.
In a Sentence
“deliver a captive from the prison”
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Poetry examples for “delivered”
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Read full poem →later, William Hazlitt, in his 'Lectures on the Literature
of the Age of Elizabeth' delivered in 1820, justly
asserted that Shakespeare was by no means isolated
Read full poem →STENOGRAPHIC REPORT OF AN ADDRESS
DELIVERED BY
HOMER S. CUMMINGS
Read full poem →On April 2nd, 1917, the President delivered
his famous war message to Congress, and thrilled
Read full poem →Goes to Ireland, 1580 Massacre of Smerwick.
1581 Tasso's _Jersalem Delivered_.
Lord Grey's return to England, 1582
Read full poem →should be given first place. The resemblance of passages in the _Faerie
Queene_ to others in the _Orlando Furioso_ and the _Jerusalem Delivered_ is
so striking that some have accused the English poet of paraphrasing and
Read full poem →Nor press too near inthe ecstasy
Of a newly delivered impassioned land.
He is moved, you see,
Read full poem →Or like a thief, which till death's doom be read,
Wisheth himself delivered from prison,
But damned and haled to execution,
Read full poem →to life,* and one great lyric by this poet who delivered so little, a
plague song. What is he now, twxnty-four^
Read full poem →For the venerable oak, delivered of his pangs,
Put forth his flames of green with profuse joying