Read full poem →See Ward by battered beaux invited over,
And desperate misery lays hold on Dover.
The case is easier in the mind's disease;
Dictionary Entry
To grasp or grip firmly.
In a Sentence
“Hold on tightly to the railing.”
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Poetry examples for “hold on”
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Read full poem →As a low-lit flame in a wind, back-blown till it shudder and leap;
Let her lips not again lay hold on my soul, nor her poisonous kisses,
To consume it alive and divide from thy bosom, Our Lady of Sleep.
Read full poem →The inevitable hell
Shall surely take hold on you;
Your gold shall be for a token,
Read full poem →The kingdom of death and of hell
Riseth up to take hold on us;
Our gold is turned to a token,
Read full poem →Sickly, complaining, by faith, in the vision of things in general,
Manage to hold on our way without, like others around us,
Seizing the nearest arm to comfort, help, and support us.
Read full poem →My soul to her, give her my life and youth,
Till my feet, cloven too, take hold on hell?
Read full poem →My soul to her, give her my life and youth,
Till my feet, cloven too, take hold on hell?
Read full poem →For My Will too is free.—
Lord, I am afraid.—Take hold on Me:
I am stronger than the sea.—
Read full poem →IV.
What art's for a woman ? To hold on her knees
Both darlings ! to feel all their arms round her throat,
Read full poem →When Porcupine had done as Beaver directed,
Beaver said: “‘ Hold on tight,” and they started.