Read full poem →Failed the everlasting fire.
Midmost of the homeward track
Once we listened and looked back;
Dictionary Entry
Towards home.
In a Sentence
“After a long vacation, the family felt eager to travel homeward.”
Origin
Old English 'hāmweard', from 'hām' (home) + 'weard' (ward, towards).
Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “homeward”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Adam. Do not I too? Well, well,
Listen! I too when homeward, weary of toil,
Through the dark night I have wandered in rain and wind,
Read full poem →_Adam._ Do not I too? Well, well,
Listen! I too when homeward, weary of toil,
Through the dark night I have wandered in rain and wind,
Read full poem →It was by accident purely I lit on the place; I was returning,
Quietly, travelling homeward by one of these wretched coaches;
One of the horses cast a shoe; and a farmer passing
Read full poem →From off the step the passenger lightly hops,
And seeks his cab or tram-car homeward bound;
The waiters pass out weary, listless, glum,
Read full poem →Slowly, silently I loitered,
Homeward, in the night, alone;
Sudden anguish bound my spirit,
Read full poem →Which seen, the pensive boy, half in despite,
Arose, and homeward drove his sunned sheep,
Whose hanging heads did seem his careful case to weep.
Read full poem →That art the root of all this ruthful woe!
But now is time, I guess, homeward to go:
Then rise, ye blessed flocks! and home apace,
Read full poem →And stooping Phœbus steeps his face;
It's time to haste us homeward.