Read full poem →Yet little good hath got, and much less gain.
Such pleasance makes the grasshopper so poor,
And lig so laid, when winter doth her strain.
Dictionary Entry
Willingness to please, or the action of pleasing; courtesy.
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Common Phrases
. pleasanceliddell pleasanceet pleasancepleasance donaldpleasance alicepleasance simon
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Poetry examples for “pleasance”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Doe both appeare t’adorne her beauties grace?
For with mild pleasance, which doth pride displace,
She to her love doth lookers eyes allure;
Read full poem →I would full fain at Christe's reverence
Do you pleasance lawful, as I can.
But, truste well, I am a southern man,
Read full poem →MRS TRICKSY, _a termagant kept mistress._
MRS PLEASANCE, _supposed daughter to_ MRS SAINTLY: _Spiteful and
satirical; but secretly in love with_ WOODALL.