Read full poem →What, though no weeping loves thy ashes grace,
Nor polish'd marble emulate thy face?
What, though no sacred earth allow thee room,
Dictionary Entry
To attempt to equal or be the same as.
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. emulate
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Poetry examples for “emulate”
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Read full poem →We see no new-built palaces aspire,
No kitchens emulate the vestal fire.
Where are those troops of poor, that throng'd of yore
Read full poem →Sitch; so that it may be fairly preferred to every tning of its kind m all
hakespeare, except one scene of Lear's madness, which it would emulate
too, could we see such an excellent comment on it as Lear receives from
Read full poem →strictures are upon record, that do no credit to his can-
dour: but though he was not fully able to emulate
him, I think he was far too proud to imitate him ;
Read full poem →The worth and safety, though not equal fate
Of this fair prize, might Jason's emulate;
That yellow fleece, bulls hoofed with thunder kept,
Read full poem →As soars this fane to emulate the last,
Oh! might we draw our omens from the past,
Read full poem →With future rhymes, an’ other times,
To emulate his sire:
To sing auld Coil in nobler style
Read full poem →obligation to the learning and industry of Jonson; but I have found no
traces of Jonson in his works: to emulate Donne appears to have been
his purpose; and from Donne he may have learned that familiarity with
Read full poem →Horace's wit, and Virgil's state,
He did not steal, but emulate!
And, when he would like them appear,
Read full poem →And her ambition's highest aim
To emulate Saint Hilda's fame. 60
For this she gave her ample dower,