Read full poem →Far and near and low and louder
On the roads of earth go by,
Dear to friends and food for powder,
Dictionary Entry
To pass or go past without much interaction
In a Sentence
“I like to sit and watch the world go by. The rest of the day went by quickly.”
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Poetry examples for “go by”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Gods?
All ye as a wind shall go by, as a fire shall ye pass and be past;
Ye are Gods, and behold, ye shall die, and the waves be upon you at
Read full poem →Will ye take her to chain her with chains, who is older than all ye Gods?
All ye as a wind shall go by, as a fire shall ye pass and be past;
Ye are Gods, and behold, ye shall die, and the waves be upon you at last.
Read full poem →Glad, but not flushed with gladness,
Since joys go by;
Sad, but not bent with sadness,
Read full poem →And jerk against my neighbours
As they go by.
I am parched now, and my tongue is horrible in my mouth,
Read full poem →Life's brightest stars rise from a troubled sea?
Must years go by in sad uncertainty
Leaving us doubting whose the conquering blows,
Read full poem →On bicycles, in carts, in motor-cars;
The waggoners go by at dawn;
The lovers walk on the grass path at night.
Read full poem →As for ourselves, we went from Como straight to Lugano;
So by the Mount St. Gothard; we meant to go by Porlezza,
Taking the steamer, and stopping, as you had advised, at Bellaggio,
Read full poem →The heads of the Republic sate,
Marking the humbled face go by
Each one of his house-enemy.