Read full poem →bated under the banner of that respectable veteran, be-
gan now to remove the prejudices which had been en-
tertained against them, and to claim their share of
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “gan”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →connected with 0. H. G. ruo-
gan, N. H. G. riigen. The
word occurs in the 'Bible,
Read full poem →Why leave the fervid running just when Fame
'Gan whispering of thy name
Amongst the hard-pleased Judges of the Course?
Read full poem →My heart to speechless thankfulness composed.
Till 'gan to stir
A dizzy somewhat in my troubled head--
Read full poem →My heart to speechless thankfulness composed.
Till 'gan to stir
A dizzy somewhat in my troubled head--
Read full poem →By that, the welked Phœbus gan availe
His weary wain; and now the frosty Night
Read full poem →But after Virtue gan for age to stoop,
And mighty Manhood brought a bed of ease,
Read full poem →The fox was well induc'd to be a parson,
And of the priest eftsoons gan to inquire,
How to a benefice he might aspire.
Read full poem →any stanza immediately, I have glossed even the common archaisms
throughout (e.g. "gan", "eftsoons", "wont"). Occasionally,
however, as with "squire", or "palmer", or "foster", when
Read full poem →When sudden dropping of a silver dew
(O grievous chance!) gan quench those precious flames;
That it, which earst** so pleasant sent did yeld,