Read full poem →And knew her love for music, how she tried
To play on the piano. On an evening
He went with Winthrop Marion to the place,--
Dictionary Entry
To exploit by exacerbating.
In a Sentence
“to play on someone's fears”
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Poetry examples for “play on”
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Read full poem →The phoenix are at play on their terrace.
The phoenix are gone, the river flows on alone.
Read full poem →For theft and riot they be convertible,
All can they play on gitern or ribible.
Revel and truth, as in a low degree,
Read full poem →Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd,
Read full poem →Don't do nothin' all dere lifetime
'Ceptin' play on ha'ps o' gold.
Now I think heaben 'd be mo' homelike
Read full poem →_Mileboeus_. Now, Tityrus, you supine and careless laid,
Play on your pipe beneath yon beechen shade;
While wretched we about the world must roam,
Read full poem →may want them. This success, and the acceptability of
the play on the stage, argue strongly for the investiga-
tion and development of the accentual metres.
Read full poem →"Blow, gentle Africus,
Play on our poops when Hyperion's son
Shall couch in west."
Read full poem →_Mileboeus_. Now, Tityrus, you supine and careless laid,
Play on your pipe beneath yon beechen shade;
While wretched we about the world must roam,
Read full poem →When I play on my fiddle in Dooney,
Folk dance like a wave of the sea;