Read full poem →Lay thick upon the bed on which I lay,
Where through the lattice ivy-shadows crept.
He leaned above me, thinking that I slept
Dictionary Entry
A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.
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Common Phrases
. latticeconstant latticeparameter latticerelaxation latticeparameters latticepoints latticelattice crystallattice reciprocal
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Poetry examples for “lattice”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →"'Surely,' said I, 'surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore.'"
Read full poem →Soon I heard again a tapping, somewhat louder than before.
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore--
Read full poem →The wanton airs, from the tree-top,
Laughingly through the lattice drop—
The bodiless airs, a wizard rout,
Read full poem →Of chief musician. What hast thou to do
With looking from the lattice-lights at me,
A poor, tired, wandering singer, singing through
Read full poem →She knew not that she smiled.
Against the lattice, dull and wild
Drive the heavy droning drops,
Read full poem →And sun-flowers planting for their gilded show,
That scale the window’s lattice ere they blow,
Then sweet to habitants within the sheds,
Read full poem →One sigh Zuleika's thought bespoke:
Still gazed he through the lattice grate,
Pale, mute, and mournfully sedate.
Read full poem →He heard those accents never heard too oft!
Through the high lattice far yet sweet they rung,
And these the notes his Bird of Beauty sung:
Read full poem →At last I saw the shadowed bars,
Like a lattice wrought in lead,
Move right across the whitewashed wall