Read full poem →Strewn dust of gold she had shed over her,
And pearl and purple and amber on her feet.
Dictionary Entry
A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in
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Common Phrases
harbor pearl. pearlriver pearlstreet pearlnecklace pearlharbour pearl
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Poetry examples for “pearl”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Earth nor sea bears flower nor pearl of price
Fit to crown the forehead of my king,
Read full poem →Lean back thy throat of carven pearl,
Let thy mouth murmur like the dove's;
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Read full poem →The air is of silver and pearl, for the night is liquid with moonlight.
How the ruin glistens, like a palace of ice! Only two black holes swallow
Read full poem →the corners, and keep rolling through the room behind his chair. The air
is silver and pearl, for the night is liquid with moonlight.
Read full poem →after the eggs and biscuit and coffee,
the pearl-gray haystacks
Read full poem →But count it nothing 'mong their gains;
Nay, call it pearl, they'd answer, 'Lo,
Blest Land where pearls as large as pumpkins grow!'
Read full poem →By whom it grows. Thus, silly Girl,
To John you'll always be the pearl
In the oyster of the universe;