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'Before the Paling of the Stars'
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Dictionary Entry
To turn pale; to lose colour.
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “paling”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →These are indeed the barn; withindoors house
The shocks. This piece-bright paling shuts the spouse
Christ home, Christ and his mother and all his hallows.
Read full poem →I raised my eyes then, and saw Doreen’s head silhouetted against
the paling window, her blonde hair lit at the tips from behind like
a halo of gold. Her face was in shadow, so I couldn’t make out her
Read full poem →XV. There is a wheel inside my head 133
XVI. While the west is paling 134
XVII. The sands are alive with sunshine 135