Read full poem →And one said smiling : “ Pretty were the sight
Tf our old halls could change their sex, and flaunt 140
With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans,
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Poetry examples for “flaunt”
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Read full poem →Cloud-puffball, torn tufts, tossed pillows ' flaunt forth, then chevy on an air-
built thoroughfare: heaven-roysterers, in gay-gangs ' they throng; they glitter in marches.
Read full poem →Poor boy! thou shalt not flaunt thy cloak of red,
Or ride in state through Paris in the van
Read full poem →three clear tones. She used to be scared, but when a woman knows a man's crazy
for her she can flaunt all other women with a glow of confidence. Especially the
ones who are more talented in superficial things, who don't happen to be in love;
Read full poem →Let not young souls be smothered out before
They do quaint deeds and fully flaunt their pride.
It is the world's one crime its babes grow dull,
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Flaunt out O Sea, your separate flags of nations!
Flaunt out, visible as ever, the various ship-signals!
Read full poem →Scarlet, significant, hands off warning,
Now and henceforth flaunt from these shores.
