Read full poem →For desire is a respite from love, and the flesh not the heart is her
fuel;
She was sweet to me once, who am fled and escaped from the rage of
Dictionary Entry
Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
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. fueloil fuelconsumption fuelcell fuelcells fuelfuel fossilfuel nuclear
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Poetry examples for “fuel”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →ALASKA FUEL CO 99 E 5 Maple-618 | Allbrite Mfg Co 125 3d
Read full poem →Nor want I strength, but weight, to press her with:
Pleasure adds fuel to my lustful fire,
I pay them home with that they most desire:
Read full poem →Was bad that year;
Fuel was scarce,
And food was dear.
Read full poem →And something happened here before my memory began.
Time has made the two of them the fuel of one flame
And all we have of them is now a legend and a name.
Read full poem →And nations selfish and cruel
Heap up the inquisitor’s fuel
To kill the body of high intents,
Read full poem →Why doth that fire, which by thy power and might
Each breast does feel, no braver fuel choose
Than that, which one day, Worms, may chance refuse?
Read full poem →The trees to stumpy dotterels lopt,
The hearth with fuel to supply
For rest to smoke and chatter bye;
Read full poem →For sense and understanding may
Know what gives fuel to their fire;
My love, though silly, is more brave;