Read full poem →The gardener, steady in his anxious claims,
Who prunes for love, he says, and not for
wage,
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Common Phrases
. prunesprunes stewedprunes driedprunes pitted
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Poetry examples for “prunes”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Le regard pris de ces larges candeurs des lunes;
--Oh! là, là, ce n'est pas peut-être pour des prunes,
Qu'on a fait ses classes ici-bas?
Read full poem →Et c'est toujours avec beaucoup de dignité
Qu'elle rince le zinc et détaille les prunes.
Read full poem →‘‘Hisroyal bird |
Prunes the immortal wing, and cloys his beak,
As when his god is pleas’d.