Read full poem →Approach: but awful! lo! the Aegerian grot,[70]
Where, nobly-pensive, St John sate and thought;
Where British sighs from dying Wyndham stole,
Dictionary Entry
To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
In a Sentence
“At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
down sate. sateupon sate
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Poetry examples for “sate”
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Read full poem →And earth, and heaven, and hell her battles wage.
She eyed the bard, where supperless he sate,
And pined, unconscious of his rising fate;
Read full poem →Than ever was that glorious palace' gate
Where the day-shining Sun in triumph sate.
Read full poem →And fainter smile, she gave her hand,
But not her eyes, then sate apart,
As if to make me understand
Read full poem →I knew, indeed, that you were parting soon;
And so we sate, within the low sun's rays,
You whispering to me, for your voice was weak,
Read full poem →To where, in her simplicity,
She sate at work; and, as the Moon
On Ætna smiles, she smiled on me.
Read full poem →The way to where the children ate
Their dinner, and Miss Williams sate.
She's only Nursery-Governess,
Read full poem →I knew, indeed, that you were parting soon;
And so we sate, within the low sun's rays,
You whispering to me, for your voice was weak,
Read full poem →The heads of the Republic sate,
Marking the humbled face go by