Read full poem →Grown old in rhyme, 'twere barbarous to discard
Your persevering, unexhausted bard;
Damnation follows death in other men,
Dictionary Entry
To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
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Common Phrases
efforts persevering. perseveringindustry perseveringeffort perseveringprayer perseveringexertions persevering
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Poetry examples for “persevering”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Hast labored, but with purpose; hast become
Laborious, persevering, serious, firm,--
For this, thy track across the fretful foam
Read full poem →was made with God through the Redeemer.’”’ He wasa consist-
ent and persevering Christian, and possessed the respect and
confidence of his townsmen, which was manifested by the im-
Read full poem →full genealogy of the Wheatley family. They are, however, the
result of more than twenty years of diligent and persevering
efforts to make them correct and reliable. Where incomplete,