Read full poem →And dexterous Davie climbing high above,
The gold fruits ebon-speckled to remove,
And toss them quickly in the tangled mass
Dictionary Entry
(now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. ebonthrone ebonhair ebonblackness ebonhue ebonclark ebonebon martinebon see
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Poetry examples for “ebon”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The gold fruits ebon-speckled to remove,
Read full poem →Here from this ebon speck that floats
As but a mote within Thine eye,
Read full poem →I wake again, and all alone
Sits Darkness on his ebon throne.
Read full poem →Her ebon urn, young Mercui'y, by stealth.
Read full poem →Of thy profundity is in the Grave,
The ebon portal of thy peopled cave,
Where I would walk in spirit, and behold[74]
Read full poem →Of too much pleasure, ere Persephone
Had bade them serve her by the ebon throne
Of the pale God who in the fields of Enna loosed her zone.
Read full poem →Their dark robes dripping with the heavy dew.
Sorceress of the ebon throne !
Thy power the Pixies own,