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A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.
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Poetry examples for “rye”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Look at the little darlings in the corn!
The rye is taller than you, who think yourself
So high and mighty: look how its heads are borne
Read full poem →He watched your steps along the lane,
Your work among the rye;
He lifted you from mean estate
Read full poem →Scintilla .
Rye Bread . .
October XXIX, 1795
Read full poem →“There’s nothing in the house
But a loaf-end of rye,
And a harp with a woman’s head
Read full poem →Look at the little darlings in the corn!
The rye is taller than you, who think yourself
So high and mighty: look how its heads are borne
Read full poem →Peggy said good morning and I said good bye,
When farmers dib the corn and laddies sow the rye.
Young Peggy's face was common sense and I was rather shy
Read full poem →1683, London City forfeits Charter.
Rye House Plot.
Russell and Sydney executed.
Read full poem →To the Rev. J. Jekyll Rye. Nov. 3, 1793. Thanks for
his support of Mr. Hurdis; reference to the application
Read full poem →Letter to the Rev. J. Jekyll Rye. April 16, 1792. Cowper
asserts the falsehood of a report that he was