Read full poem →Can’t ’e speak to me? Be ye gone so far
As ’e can’t ’ear me? Not the word I’d say
To tell ’e how I loved ’e?
Dictionary Entry
The organ used for hearing and balance, or the part of a plant that holds seeds.
In a Sentence
“She cupped her ear to hear the faint whisper.”
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Origin
From Old English 'ēare', of Germanic origin.
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Poetry examples for “ear”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →all the time. Why, there’ve been days when I’ve not ’ad enough to eat
myself. And what ’ave fed me? Just to ’ear ’em laugh and think they
’aven’t known. What do you look at me like that for? What do you know?
Read full poem →For when the knife has slit
The throat across from ear to ear
'Twill bleed because of it."
Read full poem →On eves when autumn nighs:
The ear too fondly listens
For summer's parting sighs,
Read full poem →Left operas, and went to filthy plays:
_Double-entendres_ shock'd my tender ear;
Yet even this, for thee, I chose to bear:
Read full poem →(That ev'n in slumber caus'd her cheek to glow)
Seem'd to her ear his winning lips to lay, 25
And thus in whispers said, or seem'd to say.
Read full poem →Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung,
Deaf the praised ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Even he, whose soul now melts in mournful lays,
Read full poem →'Tis he the obstructed paths of sound shall clear,
And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear:
The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego,
Read full poem →Hark! the numbers soft and clear,
Gently steal upon the ear;
Now louder, and yet louder rise,
Read full poem →Be justly warm'd with your own native rage:
Such plays alone should win a British ear,
As Cato's self had not disdain'd to hear.