Read full poem →Present the spear, and arm him for the fight,
He takes the gift with reverence, and extends
The little engine on his fingers' ends:
Dictionary Entry
Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
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. reverencereverence great
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Poetry examples for “reverence”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →as the Vision at the beginning, or the Transformation at the end;
(except the loss of your Hair, which I always mention with reverence).
The Human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones; and the character
Read full poem →His heart now melts, now leaps, now burns,
With reverence, hope, and love.
Read full poem →passions bare ;
Down with Reticence, down with Reverence—for-
Read full poem →For they ('tis credible) have sense,
As we, of Love and Reverence,
And underneath the Courser Rind
Read full poem →MY MOTHER
In all reverence and love
I inscribe this book
Read full poem →Gav, 'Tis true; and but for reverence of these robes.
Thou shouldst not plod one foot beyond this place. 180
Read full poem →Which makes light duties burdens, awe
Which is not reverence, laughters gain'd
At cost of purities profaned,
Read full poem →At Can La Scala's court, no doubt,
Due reverence did his steps attend ;
The ushers on his path would bend