Read full poem →fair?
For desire is a respite from love, and the flesh not the heart is her
fuel;
Dictionary Entry
A brief interval of rest or relief.
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Common Phrases
. respitecare respiteservices respiterespite briefrespite withoutrespite temporaryrespite shortrespite little
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Poetry examples for “respite”
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Read full poem →uncertainties, all lost loves and illusions. Here some are fixed in trance,
the only respite attainable; others
Read full poem →"'Wretch,' I cried, 'thy God hath lent thee--by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite--respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!'"
_Victor Bernstrom._
Read full poem →sent thee
Respite--respite aad nepenthé from thy memories of Lenore!
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthé, and forget this lost Lenore!"
Read full poem →"'Wretch,' I cried, 'thy God hath lent thee--by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite--respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!'"
Read full poem →My name is under all men's ban--
Ah, tell them of my respite too!
Read full poem →For the weary winds are silent, or the moon is in the deep:
Some respite to its turbulence unresting ocean knows;
Whatever moves, or toils, or grieves, hath its appointed sleep. _20
Read full poem →THE languid town of Macon, Georgia, will ever remain in my mind as my
first island of respite after vagrancy. My friend C. D. Russell lent
me his clothes, took me to his eating-place, introduced his circle.
Read full poem →A happy respite!--but he wakes;--
And feels the glimmering of the moon--