Read full poem →The Peer now spreads the glittering forfex wide,
To inclose the lock; now joins it to divide.
Even then, before the fatal engine closed,
Dictionary Entry
To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
In a Sentence
“to enclose lands”
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Poetry examples for “inclose”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →But hedge our Siherty about;
These bars inclose that wider den
Of those wild creatures, calUd men ;
Read full poem →_'Gainst keepers we petition,
Who would inclose the common:
'Tis enough to raise sedition
Read full poem →Unnerve thy vigour, and unchain thy powers? 10
While artful shades thy downy couch inclose,
And soft solicitation courts repose,
Read full poem →Unnerve thy vigour, and unchain thy powers? 10
While artful shades thy downy couch inclose,
And soft solicitation courts repose,
