Read full poem →His feet on juts of slippery crag that rang
Sharp-smitten with the dint of armed heels—
Dictionary Entry
To hit, to strike.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. smittendown smitten
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Poetry examples for “smitten”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Three lovers, each one evil spoken of;
O smitten lips wherethrough this voice of mine
Came softer with her praise;
Read full poem →To the heart of the sea.
When air was smitten in sunder
I have watched on high
Read full poem →In Navy, Army, Church, and Law;
Smitten, the warriors somehow turn’d
To Sarum choristers, whose song,
Read full poem →Two listen to the roar
Of waves moon-smitten, where no steps intrude.
Who knows what lips were kissed at Laracor?
Read full poem →The very small children in patched clothing,
Being smitten with an unusual wisdom,
Stopped in their play as she passed them
Read full poem →Like Baal, when his prophets howled that name
From morn to noon on Carmel’s smitten height.’
Nay, peace, I shall behold, before the night,
Read full poem →Had my lips been smitten into music by the
kisses that but made them bleed,
Read full poem →And turned my face away;
And conscience smitten sorely
Returned not from that day.
Read full poem →The abortion with which SHE travaileth
Is Liberty, smitten to death. _10