Read full poem →greatly to have loved Colin, is here set forth more largely, complaining
him of that boy's great misadventure in love; whereby his mind was
alienated and withdrawn not only from him, who most loved him, but also
Dictionary Entry
An accidental mishap or misfortune.
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Poetry examples for “misadventure”
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Read full poem →Of such hard matter dost thou entertain.
Whence, if by misadventure chance should bring _55
Thee to base company, as chance may do,
Read full poem →Awhile with self, and faltered,
“Why courting misadventure shoreward roam?
To Molly, surely! Seek the woods with her till times have altered;