Read full poem →All things to aid it--dew, sun, wind, fair skies--
Were kindly; and to shield it from despoil,
I fenced it safely in with grateful toil.
Dictionary Entry
Plunder; spoliation.
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Common Phrases
. despoil
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Poetry examples for “despoil”
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Read full poem →Thy voice, and suddenly grow gray with fear,
And tremble and despoil themselves: oh, hear!
Read full poem →Our bodies in these weeds of wretchedness; _50
Despoil them'." Not to make their hearts more sad,
Read full poem →We plot and corrupt each other,
And we despoil the unborn.