Read full poem →And wear remorse of heart for thine attire,
Pain for thy girdle and sorrow upon thine head;
This is the end of every man's desire.
Dictionary Entry
That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference
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Poetry examples for “girdle”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Kneel down, fair Love, and fill thyself with tears,
Girdle thyself with sighing for a girth
Upon the sides of mirth,
Read full poem →Leaving no moment to consecrate to hope,
Girdle my thoughts within the dull circumferences
Of facts which form the actual in one short hour's scope.
Read full poem →Go from the east to the west, as the sun and the stars direct thee,
Go with the girdle of man, go and encompass the earth.
Not for the gain of the gold; for the getting, the hoarding, the having,
Read full poem →and will travel over the world of literature, as the reader of
Cooke's Voyages makes u girdle round ihe ijlobe while
sitting in hia elbow chair. That our little volume is neither
Read full poem →But one there was who waxed beyond the rest,
Wore kinglier girdle and a kingly crown,
Whilst crowns and orbs and sceptres starred his breast.
Read full poem →But one there was who waxed beyond the rest,
Wore kinglier girdle and a kingly crown,
Whilst crowns and orbs and sceptres starred his breast.
Read full poem →My gun slung at my shoulder and my knife
Stuck in my girdle, she smoothed down my hair
Read full poem →in life. In them nothing is harsh or repulsive.
The austere raiment is bound with a fair girdle.
Sanderson sings psalms to his own music; Ken
Read full poem →I will make a necklace of them,
Make a girdle for my beauty, 80
And two stars to deck her bosom!"
