Read full poem →Was there a chief but melted at the sight?
A common soldier, but who clubb'd his mite?
Such, such emotions should in Britons rise,
Dictionary Entry
Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
Origin
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Common Phrases
. mitepopulations mitetowards mitespecies mitemite spidermite dustmite littlemite red
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Poetry examples for “mite”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →My bond remains in force unto this day;
Yet for part payment take this simple mite,
Where nothing's to be had, kings loose their right.
Read full poem →The shell of a little snail bleached
In the grass; chip of flint, and mite
Of chalk; and the small birds' dung
Read full poem →Yet come, thou child of poverty and care,
The mite high heav’n bestow’d, that mite with thee I’ll share.