Read full poem →The boot clings to the clay.
Since all is done that's due and right
Let's home; and now, my lad, good-night,
Dictionary Entry
Deserved acknowledgment.
In a Sentence
“Give him his due — he is a good actor.”
Origin
From Old French dû, from Latin dēbēre ‘to owe’.
Common Phrases
process duecourse due. duetime duedate dueregard duedue probablydue date
Poetry examples for “due”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →What mighty contests rise from trivial things,
I sing--This verse to CARYL, Muse! is due:
This, ev'n Belinda may vouchsafe to view:
Read full poem →That name the learn'd with fierce disputes pursue,
And give to Titus old Vespasian's due.
Read full poem →Lies crown'd with princes' honours, poets' lays,
Due to his merit, and brave thirst of praise.
Read full poem →Your rural cares and pleasures are the same.
To him your orchard's early fruits are due;
(A pleasing offering when 'tis made by you)
Read full poem →That name the learned with fierce disputes pursue,
And give to Titus old Vespasian's due.
Ambition sighed: she found it vain to trust
Read full poem →Unstained their praise by any venal voice,
Such as th' ambitious vainly think their due,
When prostitutes, or needy flatt'rers sue.
Read full poem →At once to nature, history, and you. 20
Well pleased to give our neighbours due applause,
He owns their learning, but disdains their laws;
Read full poem →What mighty contests rise from trivial things,
I sing--This verse to Caryll, Muse! is due:
This, even Belinda may vouchsafe to view:
Read full poem →deed, Lounsbury has said that his success and popularity
were largely due to “the fact that he mirrored, as did no
other poet of his period, the changing feelings and the vary-