Read full poem →But wit, like wine, from happier climates brought,
Dash'd by these rogues, turns English common draught.
They pall Molière's and Lopez' sprightly strain,
Dictionary Entry
A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
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Common Phrases
. draughtanimals draughthorses draughtdraught forceddraught lightdraught firstdraught deepdraught miraculous
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Poetry examples for “draught”
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Read full poem →ears, they must be corrected into prose, as if, because well-brewed porter is
a wholesome draught, therefore claret and burgundy must be dashed witli
porter before they were drinkable. For a true specimen of our modem
Read full poem →Hitherto the reader has received only the portraits of our authors with-
out any proof of the similitude and justice of the draught; nor can we hope
that will appear just from a mere cursory view of the originals. Many
Read full poem →They scarcely wept before they laughed;
They drank indeed death’s bitter draught,
But all its bitterest dregs were kept
Read full poem →Only I know that I leaned low and drank
A long draught from the water where she sank,
Her breath and all her tears and all her soul:
Read full poem →Indeed, have not some spice-draught, hid
Read full poem →With lovers such as we for evermore
Isolde drinks the draught, and Guinevere
Receives the Table’s ruin through her door,
Read full poem →So has it been with mist,--with moonlight so.
Like him who day by day unto his draught
Of delicate poison adds him one drop more
Read full poem →Like him who day by day unto his draught
Of delicate poison adds him one drop more
Read full poem →And no reluctance to depart; I taste
Merely, with thoughtful mien, an unknown draught,
That in a little while I shall have quaffed."