Read full poem →"But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er
_She_ shall press, ah, nevermore!"
Dictionary Entry
The light emitted by a lamp.
In a Sentence
“We sat around reading by lamplight all night.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. lamplightfell lamplightlamplight yellowlamplight dimlamplight softlamplight flickering
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Poetry examples for “lamplight”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →From my study I see in the lamplight,
Descending the broad hall stair,
Read full poem →Laughing and looking, one of all,
I watched the quivering lamplight fall
On plate and flowers and pouring tea
Read full poem →Arms that are braceleted and white and bare
(But in the lamplight, downed with light brown hair!)
Is it perfume from a dress
Read full poem →As it slowly, as it sadly
Caught the lamplight’s yellow glance
Held in suspense a misery