Read full poem →6.
Why do they prate of the blessings of Peace? we have made them a curse,
Pickpockets, each hand lusting for all that is not its own;
Dictionary Entry
Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.
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Common Phrases
. prateprate stones
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Poetry examples for “prate”
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Read full poem →To ferret out the man within?
Why prate of what he seemed to be,
And all that he might not have been?
Read full poem →But here I am, and here are six or eight
Good friends, who most ingenuously prate
About my songs to such and such a one.
Read full poem →And know so much of Parliament and state
You'd think they're members when you heard them prate;
And know so little of their farms the while
Read full poem →Proclaim you war and women's winners. 30
Pardon my Muse, who apt to prate is,
And take my rhyme--because 'tis "gratis."
Read full poem →To snatch the Rayahs*4 from their fate.
So let them ease their hearts with prate
Of equal rights, which man ne’er knew ;
Read full poem →Let me know all! Prate not of most or least,
Painful or easy!
Read full poem →For fools will prate o’ right or wrang,
While knaves laugh them to scorn;
Read full poem →The maiden I wronged in Peninsular days . . .
You may prate of your prowess in lusty times,
But as years gnaw inward you blink your bays,
Read full poem →Wit helpeth not defense to yerne,
Of innocence to plead or prate.
Bear low, therefore, give God the stern,