Read full poem →What happiness to reign a lonely king,
Vext—O ye stars that shudder over me,
Dictionary Entry
A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. shudderran shuddershudder one
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Poetry examples for “shudder”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →hisses,
As a low-lit flame in a wind, back-blown till it shudder and leap;
Let her lips not again lay hold on my soul, nor her poisonous kisses,
Read full poem →That you fancy me dead—
That you shudder to look at me,
Thinking me dead:—
Read full poem →From their melancholy throats
How I shudder at the notes
Of the bells, bells, bells--
Read full poem →From their melancholy throats!
How I shudder at the notes Of the bells, bells, bells—
Of the bells!
Read full poem →In grass-blades stiff
They would not startle and shudder cold
Under the sun. When gods were young
Read full poem →Of the mournful surge and the sea-birds' crying? --
Or does love still shudder and steel still slay,
Where the bones of the brave in the wave are lying?
Read full poem →Drink to the splendor of the unfulfilled,
Nor shudder for the revels that are done:
The wines that flushed Lucullus are all spilled,
Read full poem →Told of your deeds I shudder for your dreams,
And they, no doubt, are few and innocent.
Read full poem →Not of detention is Fruition --
Shudder to attain.
Transport's decomposition follows --