Read full poem →Such, such emotions should in Britons rise,
When press'd by want and weakness Dennis lies; 10
Dennis, who long had warr'd with modern Huns,
Dictionary Entry
A device used to apply pressure to an item.
In a Sentence
“a flower press”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “press”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Thrice rung the bell, the slipper knock'd the ground,
And the press'd watch return'd a silver sound.
Belinda still her downy pillow prest,
Read full poem →And to the Naiads flowery garlands brought:
Her smiling babe (a pleasing charge) she press'd
Within her arms, and nourish'd at her breast. 20
Read full poem →Music her soft, assuasive voice applies;
Or, when the soul is press'd with cares,
Exalts her in enlivening airs.
Read full poem →1 With no poetic ardour fired,
I press the bed where Wilmot lay;
That here he loved, or here expired,
Read full poem →Thrice rung the bell, the slipper knock'd the ground,
And the press'd watch return'd a silver sound.
Belinda still her downy pillow press'd,
Read full poem →The fresh arrivals of the week before ;
For they press in from all the provinces,
And fill the hive.”
Read full poem →1Lounsbury, Thomas R., “The Life and Times of Tennyson” (New
Haven, Yale University Press, 1915), p- 442.
Read full poem →’08,’11,’15. Also Florence Press Edition, 1909
The Golden Pine Edition (Heinemann), 1917
Read full poem →We reach out hands to reach thee
Ere the wine-press be trod;
We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee,