Read full poem →England, whom all the Siren tongues of Italy could never untwine from
the mast of God's word; nor no enchantment of vanity overturn them from
the fear of God and love of honesty" (Ascham's _Scholemaster_). And one
Dictionary Entry
A turning over or upside-down; inversion.
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. overturn
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Poetry examples for “overturn”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Not for the thousands whom my father slew,
Altars unfed and temples overturn'd,
Cold hearts and thankless tongues, where thanks are due;
Read full poem →Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time.
When wasteful war shall statues overturn,
And broils root out the work of masonry,