Read full poem →And you till trump of doomsday
On lands of morn may lie,
And make the hearts of comrades
Dictionary Entry
To be strong; to have power (over).
Origin
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Common Phrases
well mayoccur mayseem maytake maybecome mayfind maymay there
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Poetry examples for “may”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →What flowers to-day may flower to-morrow,
But never as good as new.
Read full poem →There sleeps in Shrewsbury jail to-night,
Or wakes, as may betide,
Read full poem →There sleeps in Shrewsbury jail to-night,
Or wakes, as may betide,
A better lad, if things went right,
Read full poem →The doors clap to, the pane is blind with showers.
Pass me the can, lad; there's an end of May.
Read full poem →candle to her face, then draws away with a growing fear of what
other deaths may be there. He advances to the crib, and looks
in on the sleeping children. He assures himself that they are
Read full poem →Aye, that ’e could--for it’s been ’ard enough--with they two there. Ah,
you may look at ’em, they ’aven’t known trouble--yet they was with me
all the time. Why, there’ve been days when I’ve not ’ad enough to eat
Read full poem →— Twill do no harm to take my arm.
‘You may, young man, you may.’
Read full poem →That never are told again.
Oh may I squire you round the meads
And pick you posies gay?
Read full poem →From home to Ludlow fair
Flowered on the first of May
In Mays when I was there;