Read full poem →They cease not fighting, east and west,
On the marches of my breast.
Dictionary Entry
A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
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Poetry examples for “marches”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Ycry stiff in this sense, and justly rejected by Mr. Warburton, who restores arm-gaunt, and
ex|Mains it of a war-horse grown gaunt or lean by lon^ marches and frequent fights. But why
roust Antony, after a profound peace and a long revel m tlie arms of Cleopatra, upon hU return
Read full poem →Vivie and others of the W.S.P.U. organized great pilgrimages--the
marches of the Brown Women--from Scotland, Wales, Devon and Norfolk
to London, to some goal in Downing Street or Whitehall, some
Read full poem →Cloud-puffball, torn tufts, tossed pillows ' flaunt forth, then chevy on an air-
built thoroughfare: heaven-roysterers, in gay-gangs ' they throng; they glitter in marches.
Down roughcast, down dazzling whitewash, ' wherever an elm arches,
Read full poem →Religious Zeal of Cortes ; Discontent of the Mexicans ; Dangerous Position of the Spaniards ; Trans-
actions at the Court of Spain ; Velasquez dispatches an Expedition against Cortes ; Cortes marches
against Narvaez ; Defeats and takes him Prisoner ; His Politic Conduct after Victory ; His Forces
Read full poem →(Shall the music bang and blow ?)
The chivalry wheels and marches,
Read full poem →Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
Read full poem →Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
Read full poem →Done are the toils and the wearisome marches,
Done is the summons of bugle and drum.
