Read full poem →You in a gown of green, O footed Iris,
With eyes of dryad gray,
And the blown glory of unawakened tresses--
Dictionary Entry
In Greek myth, a female tree spirit.
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Common Phrases
. dryadpress dryadhandicrafts dryaddryad wingeddryad hmsdryad startleddryad brig
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Poetry examples for “dryad”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And with cedar they have woven the four walls round.
Like a little dryad hiding she’ll be wrapped all in green,
Better kept and longer valued than by ways that would have been.
Read full poem →Io! Io! Tamuz!
The Dryad stands in my court-yard
With plaintive, querulous crying.
Read full poem →But being too happy in thine happiness,--
That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees,
In some melodious plot