Read full poem →Though each great ancient court thee to his shrine,
Though ev'ry laurel through the dome be thine,
(From the proud epic,[19] down to those that shade 35
Dictionary Entry
A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere; a cupola
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. domedome teapotdome greatdome centraldome saltdome glass
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Poetry examples for “dome”
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Read full poem →Swift on his sooty pinions flits the Gnome,
And in a vapour reach'd the dismal dome.
No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows,
Read full poem →"Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass,
Stains the white radiance of Eternity."
Read full poem →Springing and spurning the tufts of wild heather,
Sweeping, wide-winged, through the blue dome of light.
Everything mortal has moments immortal,
Read full poem →"Look, Peter, the dome of the tabernacle is done. This gold thread
is so very high, I am glad it is morning, a starry sky would have
Read full poem →And slide discreetly through hidden nooks.
They are canopied like a Persian dome
And carpeted with orient dyes.
Read full poem →All others help her, and are glad:
No splendour ’neath the sky’s proud dome
But serves for her familiar wear;
Read full poem →Though laid the last;
Reverberating dome,
Of music cunningly built home
Read full poem →There are souls I know who arch a dome,
And tunnel a hill.