Read full poem →In prison, and at last led forth to be
A pander to Philistine revelry,--
Dictionary Entry
A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.
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Poetry examples for “philistine”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →As fallen landscapes from an evening sky
These paths are stopt - the rude philistine's thrall
Is laid upon them and destroyed them all