Read full poem →Atheism and superstition rule by turns;
And a mere heathen in the carnal part,
Is still a sad good Christian at her heart.
Dictionary Entry
An adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. heathenworld heathennations heathengods heathenlands heathenphilosophers heathenheathen old
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Poetry examples for “heathen”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And Cezsar’s eagle: then his brother king,
Urien, assail’d him: last a heathen horde,
Read full poem →His tents beside the forest. Then he drave
The heathen; after, slew the beast, and fell’d
Read full poem →And still from time to time the heathen host
Swarm’d overseas, and harried what was left.
Read full poem →The richest realm of all the earth
Is counted still a heathen land:
Lo, I, like Joshua, now go forth
Read full poem →Of power and joy and love;
Forbidden, by wise heathen ev'n, to be
Spoken of Deity,
Read full poem →But in scorn the heathen scoffer
Answered: "I disdain thine offer;
Read full poem →All the Godoe Isles belong
To him and his heathen horde."
Thus went on speaking
Read full poem →So to Iceland he was sent
To convert the heathen there,
And away