Dictionary Entry

lie with

To have sex with someone.

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Poetry examples for “lie with”

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And time shall put them both to bed,
But she shall lie with earth above,
And he beside another love."

What may be done, yet there before him be.
Lie with him gently, when his limbs he spread
Upon the bed; but on my foot first tread.

For which good turn my sweet reward repay,
Let me lie with thee, brown Cypass, to-day.
Ungrate, why feign'st new fears, and dost refuse?

That, if he thinks to have the wench,
Here he stands shall lie with the bride.

Another rails at me, and that I write,
Yet would I lie with her, if that I might:
Trips she, it likes me well; plods she, what than[253]?

To God, I wept, and said:
Ah, when at last we lie with tranced breath,
Not vexing Thee in death,

To God, I wept, and said:
Ah, when at last we lie with tranced breath,
Not vexing Thee in death,

Where Cleopatra’s anklets rust
You will not lie with my consent;
And Sappho is a roving dust;

Where Cleopatra's anklets rust
You will not lie with my consent;
And Sappho is a roving dust;

A good deal right; don't do the last thing wrong.
Don't make me lie with those two other women."