Read full poem →The Poet took his walking-stick
Of fine and polished ebony.
Set in the close-grained wood
Dictionary Entry
A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. ebonymagazine ebonyhair ebonycane ebonyeyes ebonyblack ebonyebony polished
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Poetry examples for “ebony”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Of its own arduous fulness reverent:
Carve it in ivory or in ebony,
As Day or Night may rule; and let Time see
Read full poem →change yet ever is the same. One by one they sound, like the chiming of the
brazen and ebony clock, in "The Masque of the Red Death," which made the
waltzers pause with "disconcert and tremulousness and meditation," as often
Read full poem →Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
Read full poem →Sparkled his jetty eyes; his feet did show
Beneath the waves like Afric's ebony,
And on his back a fay reclined voluptuously.
Read full poem →To the tune o’ those Weary Blues.
With his ebony hands on each ivory key
He made that poor piano moan with melody.
Read full poem →Where dreams come true.
The ebony palace soared on high
Through the blossoming trees to the evening sky.