Read full poem →And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear:
The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego,
And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Dictionary Entry
To precede, to go before.
Origin
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Common Phrases
any forego. forego
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Poetry examples for “forego”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Still for their Conqueror call, and, but for the joy of being conquered
(Rapture they will not forego), dare to resist and rebel;
Still, when resisting and raging, in soft undervoice say unto him,
Read full poem →’Tis sweet to remember! I would not forego
Read full poem →They never pray for pardon,
Nor ask his way nor forego,
Nor close their hearts nor harden
Read full poem →For that, one may as well forego
Conviction as to yes or no;
Read full poem →For them to undermine and overthrow;
And it was his no longer to forego
The sight of them, insidious and serene,
Read full poem →An odour up the lane to last all day,---
If breathing now,---unsweetened would forego thee.
Read full poem →The lustre of the eye?
Is it for beauty to forego her wreath?
--Yes, but not this alone.
Read full poem →While ilka thing in nature join
Their sorrows to forego,
O why thus all alone are mine
Read full poem →He cannot forego his sensations, that "box of compacted sweets".
He even forefeels a ghostly landscape where two shall go wandering