Read full poem →And fails, but entertains
A Rapture as of Legacies --
Of introspective Mines --
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Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
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Poetry examples for “legacies”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Made deafe with his poore kindreds howling cries,
Begging with few feign'd teares, great legacies, 10
Thou would'st not weepe, but jolly,'and frolicke bee,
Read full poem →BEFORE I sigh my last gasp, let me breathe,
Great Love, some legacies; I here bequeath
Mine eyes to Argus, if mine eyes can see;