Read full poem →See nodding forests on the mountains dance:
See spicy clouds from lowly Saron rise,
And Carmel's flowery top perfumes the skies!
Dictionary Entry
Not high; not elevated in place; low.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. lowlystatus lowlyposition lowlyorigin lowlybirth lowlyjesus lowly
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Poetry examples for “lowly”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Strong in will and rich in wisdom, Edith, loyal,
lowly, sweet,
Feminine to her inmost heart, and feminine to her
Read full poem →With voices of men made lowly,
Made empty of song,
Read full poem →For your high things ye shall have lowly,
Lamentation for song;
Read full poem →On chilly hills and rocky rent,
And by the lowly streamlet’s side
Oh! why did e’er I turn from these?
Read full poem →And every cross, dear Lord, assigned to us:
Ours lowly-statured crosses; Thine how tall,
Thy Cross cruciferous.
Read full poem →He rends and tears it with his wrathtul paw,
And highly scorning that the lowly earth
Should drink his Mood, mounts up to the air :
Read full poem →the two volumes of verse mentioned above, are: Lyrics of
Lowly Life, Lyrics of the Hearthside, Lyrics of Sunshine
and Shadow; several smaller volumes, illustrated editions
Read full poem →To stone and to steel,
See them bend lowly,
Loyal and leal,
Read full poem →By the mountains--near the river
Murmuring lowly, murmuring ever,--
By the gray woods,--by the swamp