Read full poem →Roxana, from the Court returning late,
Sigh'd her soft sorrow at St James's gate:
Such heavy thoughts lay brooding in her breast,
Dictionary Entry
Expressing a sudden desire for silence.
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “st”
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Read full poem →Approach: but awful! lo! the Aegerian grot,[70]
Where, nobly-pensive, St John sate and thought;
Where British sighs from dying Wyndham stole,
Read full poem →Alas! how little from the grave we claim!
Thou but preserv'st a face, and I a name.
Read full poem →Wits, witlings, prigs, and peers:
Garth at St James's, and at White's
Beats up for volunteers.
Read full poem →How Church and State should be obliged to thee!
At Senate, and at Bar, how welcome would'st thou be!
Read full poem →THE SATIRES OF DR JOHN DONNE, DEAN OF ST PAUL'S, VERSIFIED.
Read full poem →All else beneath the sun,
Thou know'st if best bestowed or not;
And let Thy will be done.
Read full poem →O learnèd friend of Abchurch Lane,
Who sett'st our entrails free!
Vain is thy art, thy powder vain,
Read full poem →O might thy genius in my bosom shine,
Thou should'st not fail of numbers worthy thine:
The brightest ancients might at once agree
Read full poem →Since no reprisals can be made on thee.
Thus thou may'st rise, and in thy daring flight
(Though ne'er so weighty) reach a wondrous height.