Read full poem →But to-days men are not the men of the old days,
Though they hang in the same way over the bridge-rail.
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To remain in a particular place or status.
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Poetry examples for “hang in”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The life which is, and that which is to come,
Suspended hang in such nice equipoise
A breath disturbs the balance; and that scale
Read full poem →I bear the Scales, where hang in equipoise
The night and day; and whenunto my lips
Read full poem →And meadow rivulets overflow,
And drops on gate-bars hang in a row,
And rooks in families homeward go,