Read full poem →Within her arms, and nourish'd at her breast. 20
Not distant far, a watery lotus grows;
The spring was new, and all the verdant boughs,
Dictionary Entry
A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
Origin
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Common Phrases
sutra lotus. lotusflower lotusnotes lotusflowers lotusfeet lotuslotus whitelotus blue
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Poetry examples for “lotus”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →_Maybe next year, when I’m richer--_
_Carved beads and a lotus pod...._
Read full poem →Or the bleeding wounds of the pomegranate,
Or the heart of the lotus drenched and wet
With the spilt-out blood of the rose-red wine.
Read full poem →The lotus-leaves which heal the wounds of Death
Lie in thy hand; O, be thou kind to me,
Read full poem →Haste to cure the old despair,--
Reason in Nature's lotus drenched,
The memory of ages quenched;
Read full poem →The maid, abolishing the past,
With lotus wine obliterates
Dear memory's stone-incarved traits,
Read full poem →not a mummy. Her ashes can be found in the tombs of the Pharaohs, in
everlasting companionship with the ashes of the lotus and the papyrus
plant. Her dust travels on every desert wind.
Read full poem →O life of this our spring! why fades the lotus of the water?
Why fade these children of the spring? born but to smile & fall.
Read full poem →O life of this our spring! why fades the lotus of the water?
Why fade these children of the spring? born but to smile & fall.