Read full poem →He summons straight his denizens of air;
The lucid squadrons round the sails repair;
Soft o'er the shrouds aërial whispers breathe,
Dictionary Entry
A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
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Common Phrases
. sailssails white
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Poetry examples for “sails”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Alas the long thwarts and the fervent oars,
And blown hard sails that straightened the scant rope!
There were no strong pools in the hollow sea
Read full poem →As one who sails upon a wide, blue sea
Far out of sight of land, his mind intent
Read full poem →Till after blown by southern gales,
They norward steered with filled sails.
A prettier bird was no where seen,
Read full poem →Rough, swelling, like a storm;
With whom who sails, rides on the surge of fear,
And boils as if he were
Read full poem →THE baby moon, a canoe, a silver papoose canoe, sails
and sails in the Indian west.
Read full poem →Where men lie slain;
Their shadow cast upon the sails
Is like a stain.
Read full poem →Third-winter’d in that dreadful dock,
With stiffen’d cordage, sails decay’d,
And crew that care for calm and shock
Read full poem →Love is a potion drunk when the ship puts out from land,
Rudderless, sails at full, and with none to steer.
Read full poem →While the after-tempest cloud
Sails over in silence though winds are loud,
Till the full moon in the east