Read full poem →Or under this turf, or e'en what they will;
Whatever an heir, or a friend in his stead,
Or any good creature shall lay o'er my head,
Dictionary Entry
Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
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. heirapparent heirheir maleheir rightfulheir next
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Poetry examples for “heir”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Who live like Sutton, or who die like Chartres,
Out-cant old Esdras, or out-drink his heir,
Out-usure Jews, or Irishmen out-swear;
Read full poem →Brought Arthur forth, and set him in the hall,
Proclaiming, “‘Here is Uther’s heir, your king,”
A hundred voices cried, “Away with him!
Read full poem →Not many moons, King Uther died himself,
Moaning and wailing fc for an heir to rule
After him, lest the realm should go to wrack.
Read full poem →There dwelt the blooming vii^in Thwaites,
Fair beyond measure, and an heir.
Which might deformity make fair ;
Read full poem →■ bareij their berf nf straw, ppeply disappointed by ihc
peaceful ^isjKiBiiioD of FerdJrs.n<lD, the heir, he lived to see
the old spirit □{ hit race revive in "ElarkTom," but
Read full poem →There dwelt the blooming virgin Thwailes,
Fair beyond meaeure, and an heir
Which might deformity make fair;
Read full poem →dlesex land: he has but one son in all the world; I
am his next heir (at the common law) master Stephen,
as simple as I stand here: if my cousin die (as there’s
Read full poem →mont and Fletcher were presented, was usually of more advantage to thtf
hopeful young heir, than a costly, dangerous, foreign travel, with the
assistance of a governing monsieur or signor to boot; and it cannot be
Read full poem →younger) shall be your sole heir; that is to say, snail be in a conditional possession, of at