Read full poem →In "The Nymph complaining for the Death of
her Fawn," the feiwn, left by a faithless lover,
is described as finding all its pleasure in the
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. fawnupon fawncolour fawnover fawnfawn lordfawn littlefawn young
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Poetry examples for “fawn”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Lie; here the bucks, and here
The does, and by its mother sleeps the fawn:
Through all the hours of night until the dawn
Read full poem →be understood from the accom- fawn wpon the tuind.
Read full poem →Edw. Fawn not on me, French strumpet! get thee
Read full poem →Buried its face within my breast,
Like a pet fawn by hunters hurt.
Read full poem →And Mildred’s pinks had gain’d the Prize;
And, stepping like the light-foot fawn,
She brought me ‘Wiltshire Butterflies,’
Read full poem →** Thou, to whom every fawn and satyr flies
For willing service ; whether to surprise
Read full poem →And scarcely in the chase could cope
With timid fawn or antelope,
Far less would venture into strife
Read full poem →With the dark ivy-plants;
His fawn-skin, half untied,
Smeared with red wine-stains? Who is he,
Read full poem →Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place;
Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power,
By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour;