Read full poem →They asken that, and talken this,
'Lo here is Coz, and here is Miss.'
But, as he glozeth with speeches soote,
Dictionary Entry
Look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
Origin
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Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “lo”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And eye the mine without a wish for gold.
Approach: but awful! lo! the Aegerian grot,[70]
Where, nobly-pensive, St John sate and thought;
Read full poem →(While the long funerals blacken all the way)
'Lo, these were they, whose souls the Furies steel'd,
And cursed with hearts unknowing how to yield.'
Read full poem →And I myself the same rash act had done:
But, lo! I saw (as near her side I stood)
The violated blossoms drop with blood;
Read full poem →The rocks proclaim the approaching Deity.
Lo, Earth receives him from the bending skies!
Sink down, ye mountains, and ye valleys, rise;
Read full poem →While at her feet her swain expiring lies.
Lo! the glad gales o'er all her beauties stray,
Breathe on her lips, and in her bosom play!
Read full poem →Nor _human_ Spark is left, nor Glimpse _divine_!
Lo! thy dread Empire, CHAOS! is restor'd;
Light dies before thy uncreating word;
Read full poem →Howbeit--likewise--now to my next:
Lo, here the Septuagint--and Paul,
To sum the whole--the close of all.
Read full poem →For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crown'd,
The berries crackle, and the mill turns round;
Read full poem →The mushrooms show his wit was sudden;
And for his judgment, lo, a pudden!
Roast beef, though old, proclaims him stout,
