Read full poem →And tho' she plays no more, o'erlooks the cards.
Her joy in gilded Chariots, when alive, 55
And love of Ombre, after death survive.
Dictionary Entry
To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
Origin
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Common Phrases
age gilded. gildedbronze gildedcage gildedwood gildedyouth gilded
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Poetry examples for “gilded”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Thus as the pipes of some carved organ move,
The gilded puppets dance and mount above.
Heaved by the breath the inspiring bellows blow:
Read full poem →Of _Night_ primæval and of _Chaos_ old!
Before her, _Fancy's_ gilded clouds decay, 5
And all its varying Rain-bows die away.
Read full poem →And though she plays no more, o'erlooks the cards.
Her joy in gilded chariots, when alive,
And love of ombre, after death survive.
Read full poem →To fruitful strifes and rivalries of peace—
Sweet nature gilded by the gracious gleam
Of letters, dear to Science, dear to Art,
Read full poem →by time or by tempest entombed,
As a pinnacle carven and gilded of men: for the date of its doom is
no more than an hour's,
Read full poem →But why did I kill him? Why? Why?
In the small, gilded room, near the stair?
My ears rack and throb with his cry,
Read full poem →Their shells did slow crustacea build,
Their gilded skins did snakes renew,
While mightier spines for loftier kind
Read full poem →Trick. Admirers-! if the frames were not gilded, the pic*
tures would be intolerable ; as for instance — Abel Drugger,
Read full poem →wholly unfit for every purpose of convenience ; the
vast columns, the gilded cornices, and lofty roofs
availed very little, when scarce one word in ten could