Read full poem →Patron of arts, and judge of nature, died.
The scourge of pride, though sanctified or great,
Of fops in learning, and of knaves in state:
Dictionary Entry
A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.
In a Sentence
“Graffiti is the scourge of building owners everywhere.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. scourgescourge terriblescourge dreadfulscourge greatscourge mighty
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Poetry examples for “scourge”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →I scarce find breath to say:
Scourge, but receive me.
For stripes are hard to bear, but worse
Read full poem →and society. Tamburlaine's confidence in his mission
as "the scourge of the immortal Grod", or the intrepidity
with which Faustus, ravished by the joys of his
Read full poem →Selfyeast of spirit a dull dough sours. I see
The lost are like this, and their scourge to be
As I am mine, their sweating selves, but worse.
Read full poem →Spit in my face you Jews, and pierce my side,
Buffet, and scoff, scourge, and crucify me,
For I have sinned, and sinned, and only he
Read full poem →Spit in my face you Jews, and pierce my side,
Buffet, and scoff, scourge, and crucify me,
For I have sinned, and sinned, and only he
Read full poem →That in this pile should reign a mighty prince,
Born for a scourge of wit, and flail of sense:
To whom true dullness should some Psyches owe,
Read full poem →But man would mar them with an impious hand:
And when the Almighty lifts his fiercest scourge
'Gainst those who most transgress his high command,
Read full poem →Here Douglas retires from his toils to relax,
The scourge of impostors, the terror of quacks:
Come all ye quack bards, and ye quacking divines,
Read full poem →They're both of them merry, and authors like you.
The one writes the 'Snarler,' the other the 'Scourge:'
Some think he writes 'Cinna'—he owns to 'Panurge.'"