Read full poem →In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned
for redress in the most humble terms; our repeated petitions
have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince
Dictionary Entry
The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
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Poetry examples for “redress”
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Read full poem →many separate adventures. The knights are commissioned to champion the
cause of persons in distress and redress their wrongs. The ideal knight,
Prince Arthur, is the central male figure of the poem. He is enamoured of
Read full poem →Song sloughs away the sin to find redress
In art's complete remembrance: nothing clings
Read full poem →Still let thy voice, prevailing over time,
Redress the rigours of th' inclement clime;
Aid slighted truth; with thy persuasive strain
Read full poem →And sees aloft the red right arm
Redress the eternal scales.
He, the poor foe, whom angels foil,
Read full poem →And all the Truth was told. Then Sage and Shah
Struck out with Hand and Foot in his Redress.
And First with Reason, which is also Best;
Read full poem →That meaneth no guile and doth remain
Within the trap without redress.
But for to love, lo, such a mistress,
Read full poem →In his dishonour'd works himself endure
Dishonour, and be wrong'd without redress.
Haste then, and wheel away a shatter'd world,