Dictionary Entry

rue

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ɹuː/Used In Literature ↓

Sorrow; repentance; regret.

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Common Phrases

de ruedu ruedes ruesaint rue. ruest ruerue larue grande

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Poetry examples for “rue”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

With rue my heart is laden
For golden friends I had,

. The lad came to the door at night .
. With rue my heart is laden . . .
. Westward on the high-hilled plains .

'Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue."
And I am two-and-twenty,

With rue my heart is laden
For golden friends I had,

"Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue.’
And I am two-and-twenty,

And stirred on mounds at crossways
The flower of sinner's rue.

LIY. With rue my heart is laden . .
LY. Westward on the high-hilled plains

Bitter thorns to proclaim me your lover,
A diadem woven with rue.

Yet, all heaven’s gifts, being heaven’s due,
It makes the father less to rue.
At six months’ end, she parted hence,

Edw, Well, Mortimer, I'll make thee rue these 90
words.