Read full poem →Old Swinburne and to look into his face's
Changeable lights and shadows and to seize on
A finer thing than any verse he wrote?
Dictionary Entry
To grasp or take hold of (an object) suddenly, forcibly, or tightly.
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“The child seized upon the cat's tail as soon as it was within reach.”
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Poetry examples for “seize on”
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