Read full poem →To touch the covered corpse of him that fled
The uplands for the fens, and rioted
Like a sick satyr with doom's worshippers?
Dictionary Entry
A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.
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Common Phrases
. fensfens lincolnshirefens bayfens richfens cambridgeshirefens poorfens anglian
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Poetry examples for “fens”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →In dark fens of the Dismal Swamp
The hunted Negro lay;
Read full poem →November. : : 3 : : : .- 118
*The Fens : : : : 5 : : - 1Eya
*Spear Thistle : é : : : : . rg
Read full poem →And the horizon stooping smiles
Oer treeless fens of many miles.
Spring comes and goes and comes again