Read full poem →The lightfoot boys are laid;
The rose-lipt girls are sleeping
In fields where roses fade.
Dictionary Entry
A female child, adolescent, or a young woman.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. girlsgirls younggirls littlegirls two
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Poetry examples for “girls”
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Read full poem →Afield for palms the girls repair,
And sure enough the palms are there,
Read full poem →And since till girls go maying
You find the primrose still,
Read full poem →The wind with the plumes will be playing,
The girls will stand watching them wave,
And eyeing my comrades and saying
Read full poem →The lightfoot boys are laid;
The rose-lipt girls are sleeping
In fields where roses fade.
Read full poem →the fold, |
The lads for the girls and the lads for the liquor are there,
And there with the rest are the lads that will never be old.
Read full poem →When I no favour seek.
Or follow girls seven hours in eight?--
I need but once a week.
Read full poem →The grunting hogs alarm the neighbours round,
And curs, girls, boys, and scolds, in the deep base are drown'd.
Read full poem →We did but talk you over, pledge you all
In wassail ; often, like as many girls—
Sick for the hollies and the yews of home— 185
Read full poem →_ Embrace our aims: work out your freedom. Girls, 75
Knowledge is now no more a fountain seal’d :