Read full poem →Her dust- wrapt head from rotten tomb to raise,
And with fresh splendour gilds her fearless crest.
Rearing her palace iu our poet's breast.
Dictionary Entry
To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “gilds”
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Read full poem →Without respect of realms, save one,
And gilds with double lustre Rhodes;
A day of whose delicious life,
Read full poem →Lean close to me, for now the sinking sun
That warmed our feet scarce gilds our hair above.
O hers thy voice and very hers thy name!
Read full poem →And as, in sparkling majesty, a star
Gilds the bright summit of some gloomy cloud;
Brightening the half veil'd face of heaven afar:
Read full poem →It shines from afar like the glories of old;
It gilds, but it warms not--'tis dazzling, but cold.
Read full poem →I thank thee, Author of this opening day!
Thou whose bright sun now gilds yon orient skies!
Riches denied, thy boon was purer joys—