Read full poem →How summ'd a circle didst thou leave mankind
Of deepest lore, could we the centre find!
Dictionary Entry
All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
In a Sentence
“the lore of the Ancient Egyptians”
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Common Phrases
. loresociety lorelore folklore ancientlore legendarylore locallore indianlore traditional
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Poetry examples for “lore”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →eminent in point of genius, 'are yet so venerable on
the score of erudition, so rich in classic lore, so
strongly tinctured with the spirit of the Greek drama-
Read full poem →How summed a circle didst thou leave mankind
Of deepest lore, could we the centre find!
Read full poem →Repent with me, for I repent.
Woe's me the lore I must unlearn!
Woe's me that easy way we went,
Read full poem →And holding life as so much pelf
To buy her posies, learns this lore:
He does not rightly love himself
Read full poem →I met Lore midway while the idr was hot,
Clothed lightly as a wayfarer might be.
Read full poem →All ye that pass along Lore's trodden way,
Pause ye awhile and say
Read full poem →Wbbp, LoTen, sith Lore's Tery self doth weep,
And sith tlM ouise for weefring is so great;
Read full poem →But I will half believe that wild light fraught
With more of sovereignty than ancient lore
Hath ever told—or is it of a thought
Read full poem →But I will half believe that wild light fraught
With more of sovereignty than ancient lore
Hath ever told--or is it of a thought