Read full poem →From wicked Waters ev'n to godly Paul.
Not more of simony beneath black gowns,
Not more of bastardy in heirs to crowns.
Dictionary Entry
A loose, flowing upper garment.
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Common Phrases
. gownsgowns eveninggowns blackgowns dressinggowns whitegowns long
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Poetry examples for “gowns”
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Read full poem →And sweet girl-graduates in their golden hair.
I think they should not wear our rusty gowns,
But move as rich as Emperor-moths or Ralph
Read full poem →And each give signs by casting up his cloak.
They call him back; lest their gowns toss thy hair,
To hide thee in my bosom straight repair.
Read full poem →Turns, here and there, into a Jason's fleece;
Lilies, that soon in Autumn slipp'd their gowns of green,
And vanish'd into earth,
Read full poem →A man of fleshly jollity,
Like the friars of old in gowns and cowls
To make a show of scowls.
Read full poem →For silk and satins gay,
Her woollen aprons and drab gowns
For lady's cold array?
Read full poem →When past all offerings to Feretrian Jove,[19]
He Mars deposed, and arms to gowns made yield;
Successful councils did him soon approve,
Read full poem →Than whom a better senator ne'er held
The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repelled
The fierce Epirot and the African bold,