Read full poem →Where they fished for you and me,
And there, from whence we both were ta'en,
You and I shall drown again.
Dictionary Entry
(plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen.
In a Sentence
“The Scottish and the English have a history of conflict.”
Origin
Origin details are still being enriched for this entry.
Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “en”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Adieu--if this advice appear the worst,
E'en take the counsel which I gave you first:
Or better precepts if you can impart,
Read full poem →Under this marble, or under this sill,
Or under this turf, or e'en what they will;
Whatever an heir, or a friend in his stead,
Read full poem →Poor Umbra, left in this abandon'd pickle,
E'en sits him down, and writes to honest Tickell.
Read full poem →To write their praise you but in vain essay;
E'en while you write, you take that praise away:
Light to the stars the sun does thus restore,
Read full poem →Who hears him groan, and does not wish to bleed?
E'en when proud Caesar, 'midst triumphal cars,
The spoils of nations, and the pomp of wars,
Read full poem →Even her for whose sake
Love hath ta'en me and slain unaware.
Read full poem →Dans la vie spirituelle des premiers, une crise se fait infailliblement,
ou ils veulent raisonner leur art, decouvrir les lois obscures en vertu
desquelles ils ont produit, et tirer de cette etude une serie de preceptes
Read full poem →"Le silence est si grand que mon coeur en frissonne,
Seul, le bruit de mes pas sur le pave resonne."
