Read full poem →That with confusion mix thy delicate brain;
Fondest of which and cloudiest call the dream
(Yea, my beloved, hear me, it is a dream)
Dictionary Entry
(chiefly with of) Having a liking or affection (for).
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hopes fondestmemories fondestdreams fondestwish fondesthope fondestlove fondest
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Poetry examples for “fondest”
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Read full poem →That with confusion mix thy delicate brain;
Fondest of which and cloudiest call the dream
(Yea, my beloved, hear me, it is a dream)
Read full poem →Which I then for myself shall behold, and not another,—
Which amid fondest endearments, meantime I forget not, forsake not.
Ah, ye feminine souls, so loving, and so exacting,
Read full poem →Farewell! if ever Fondest Prayer. First published, _Corsair_
(Second Edition, 1814) 409
Read full poem →"My fondest--faintest--latest accents hear--[ht]
Grief for the dead not Virtue can reprove; 360
Read full poem →And in thy gentle speech, a prophecy
Is whispered, to subdue my fondest fears:
And through thine eyes, even in thy soul I see
Read full poem →And in thy gentle speech, a prophecy
Is whispered, to subdue my fondest fears:
And through thine eyes, even in thy soul I see
Read full poem →Was sternly still to Honour true:
To prove Clarinda’s fondest friend,
Was what a lover sure might do.
Read full poem →Visions of Childhood! oft have ye beguil'd
Lone manhood's cares, yet waking fondest sighs:
Ah! that once more I were a careless Child!
Read full poem →Visions of Childhood! oft have ye beguil'd
Lone manhood's cares, yet waking fondest sighs:
Ah! that once more I were a careless Child!