Read full poem →Or a human heart would dare,
On the quaking turf of the green morass
He crouched in the rank and tangled grass,
Dictionary Entry
To tremble or shake.
In a Sentence
“I felt the ground quaking beneath my feet.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
aspen quaking. quakingbog quakinggrass quakingaspens quakingheart quaking
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Poetry examples for “quaking”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And, the moment I got out of bed,
The daisies were quaking about in their white
And the cowslip was nodding its head.
Read full poem →They intertwine the farthest star.
The throbbing sea, the quaking earth,
Yield sympathy and signs of mirth;
Read full poem →They intertwine the farthest star:
The throbbing sea, the quaking earth,
Yield sympathy and signs of mirth;
Read full poem →Heard rendings of the skyey roof,
And felt, beneath, the quaking ground;
And his air-sown, unheeded words,
Read full poem →A plant in any secret place,
In quaking bog, on snowy hill,
Beneath the grass that shades the rill,
Read full poem →Up the brass barrel, velvet black inside,
At a star quaking in the other end.
I recollect a night of broken clouds
Read full poem →Whose faire skin, beamy eyes, li]^jaotlUfig-Siin.on-SBow,
Deceived the quaking boy, who thought, from so pure light,
Effects of lively heat must needs in nature grow :