Dictionary Entry

sceptre

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈsɛptə/Used In Literature ↓

An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

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Common Phrases

. sceptresceptre goldensceptre royalsceptre ironsceptre imperial

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Poetry examples for “sceptre”

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Full of pity view us, stretch Thy sceptre to us,
Bid us live that we may give ourselves to Thee:

Stern was her front, her cloak[343] on ground did lie.
Her left hand held abroad a regal sceptre,
The Lydian buskin [in] fit paces kept her.

Ah, had some bloodless Fury rose from hell, 315
And with my kingly sceptre struck me dead,
When I was forc’d to leave my Gaveston !

But, when the sordid Trader caught
The loose-held sceptre from your hands distraught,
And soon, to the Mechanic vain,

Though humbly born in Bethlehem,
A sceptre and a diadem
Await thy brow and hand!

Am I not Herod? Who shall dare
My crown to take, my sceptre bear,
As king among the Jews?

Love's kingdom to his right he did convey,
At once his sceptre and his rule of sway;
Whose righteous lore the prince had practis'd young,

The Lion, sleeping, lay in secret shade;
His crown and sceptre lying him beside,
And having doft for heat his dreadful hide.

As after Numa's peaceful reign,
The martial Ancus[59] did the sceptre wield,
Furbished the rusty sword again,

More pure, more guarded from the snares of sin.
Night's leaden sceptre seals my drowsy eyes,
Then cease, my song, till fair Aurora rise.