Read full poem →On rifted rocks, the dragons' late abodes,
The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods,
Waste sandy valleys, once perplex'd with thorn,
Dictionary Entry
Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. reedarmy reedreed johnreed walterreed broken
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Poetry examples for “reed”
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Read full poem →To place thee near him might be fond to choose.
How might he tune th' alternate reed with thee,
Perhaps a Strephon thou, a Daphnis he;
Read full poem →So hast thou scattered us;
As one breaketh and shattereth a reed,
Thou hast broken and shattered us.
Read full poem →So will I scatter them;
As one breaketh and shattereth a reed,
I will break and shatter them.
Read full poem →Ye silly folk Galilee?
The reed that in the wind doth shake?
The weed that washes in the lake?
Read full poem →And give me grace to wait
A bruised reed bowed low before Thy gate.
Read full poem →'The Love of Christ which passeth Knowledge'
'A Bruised Reed shall He not Break'
A Better Resurrection
Read full poem →Flood with reed-grown[369] slime banks, till I be past
Thy waters stay: I to my mistress haste.
Read full poem →Which, fluting like a river reed,
Comes from your trembling throat;