Read full poem →wench, thou art to us as a conjurer's show-cloth, to draw in
the gaping crowd ; most of the sheep are penned by thee,
and we fleece them.
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Poetry examples for “penned”
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Read full poem →If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Read full poem →For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes,
Brightly expressive as the twins of Leda,
Read full poem →On Cowper Green I stray, tis a desert strange and chill,
And the spreading Lea Close oak, ere decay had penned its will,
To the axe of the spoiler and self-interest fell a prey,
Read full poem →And edged our chairs up closer to the fire,
Enjoying comfort that was never penned.
Old favourite tree, thou'st seen time's changes lower,
Read full poem →She eyed en; and, as when a weir-hatch is drawn,
Her tears, penned by terror afore,
With a rushing of sobs in a shower were strawn,
Read full poem →And edging it up to catch each ray
Upon her light-penned line.
I did not know what years would flow
Read full poem →And, living long so closely penned,
He had not kept a single friend;
Read full poem →"Great men have been among us; hands that penned"