Read full poem →Compact of lucid marbles, boss’d with lengths 10
Of classic frieze, with ample awnings gay
Dictionary Entry
A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
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Common Phrases
. friezefrieze parthenonfrieze doricfrieze sculpturedfrieze continuous
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Poetry examples for “frieze”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →These mouldering plinths--these sad and blackened shafts--
These vague entablatures--this crumbling frieze--
These shattered cornices--this wreck--this ruin--
Read full poem →ishment of Professor Frieze. As I finished. Professor
Walter said to him, " Have you any questions ? "
Read full poem →God shall o'er-brim the measures you have spent
With oil of gladness, for sackcloth and frieze
And the ever-fretting shirt of punishment
Read full poem →Broad-fluted, nor with shafts acanthus-crown'd,
Pourtray'd along the frieze with Titan's brood
That battled Gods for heaven; brilliant-hued,
Read full poem →The rusty grate unconscious of a fire;
With beer and milk arrears the frieze was scor’d,
And five crack’d teacups dress’d the chimney board;
Read full poem →The rusty grate, unconscious of a fire;
With beer and milk arrears the frieze was scor’d,
And five crack’d tea-cups dress’d the chimney-board;
Read full poem →'Twas ever antique-black I meant! How else
Shall ye contrast my frieze to come beneath?
The bas-relief in bronze ye promised me,
Read full poem →'Twas ever antique-black I meant! How else
Shall ye contrast my frieze to come beneath?
The bas-relief in bronze ye promised me,
Read full poem →'Twas ever antique-black I meant! How else
Shall ye contrast my frieze to come beneath?
The bas-relief in bronze ye promised me,