Read full poem →against temptation by his knowledge of God,
the "mighty Pan" of Milton's "Ode on the
Nativity." Clorinda, urging Damon to seek
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A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
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Poetry examples for “pan”
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Read full poem →Their silken ensigns each displays,
And dries its pan yet dank with dew.
And fills its flask with odours new.
Read full poem →The Sixth Number, which completes the First Volume
contains a beautiful engraving of Mr. Kean, and the first pan
of his Memoirs, which are concluded in the Second Vo-
Read full poem →made in the light of accurate information, scien-
tifically and impartially obtained. Pan-Ameri-
canism was encouraged; and the bread thus cast
Read full poem →however, that he is neither a lamb, nor a goat, nor a satyr,
neither has he much resemblance to the Pan of the Arcadians. Yet
all these appearances have been given—I beg pardon—will be
Read full poem →Just think for a minute, how the negroes excel,
Can you beat them with a banjo or a broiling pan?
There's music in their soul as original
Read full poem →And bow your ears unto my doleful ditty.
And, Pan! thou shepheards' god, that once didst love,
Pity the pains that thou thyself didst prove.
Read full poem →Do make them music for their more delight;
And Pan himself to kiss their crystal faces
Will pipe and dance, when Phœbe shineth bright:
Read full poem →Doubt no more that Oberon--
Never doubt that Pan
Lived, and played a reed, and ran
Read full poem →Henceforward is a grove without a name,
A pasture to the shaggy goats of Pan,
Whence flee forever a woman and a man.
