Read full poem →This just behind Belinda's neck he spread,
As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head.
Swift to the lock a thousand sprites repair,
Dictionary Entry
The vapor formed when water changes from liquid phase to gas phase.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. steamsaway steamssteams bearsteams shipsteams train
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Poetry examples for “steams”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Over the yawning chimney hangs the fog. Drip--hiss--drip--hiss--
fall the raindrops on the oaken log which burns, and steams,
and smokes the ceiling beams. Drip--hiss--the rain never stops.
Read full poem →I heard the water issuing from the wound-- 15
No more the Tea shall pour its fragrant steams around!
Read full poem →And savage faces, at the clanking hour,
Seen through the steams and vapour of his dungeon,
By the lamp’s dismal twilight! So he lies
Read full poem →And at the corner of the street
A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps.
And then the lighting of the lamps.
Read full poem →And then, just as I throw my scribbled paper on the floor,
The bottle says, "Fe, fi, fo, fum," and steams and shouts some more.
O sad deceiving ink, as bad as liquor in its way--
Read full poem →And savage faces, at the clanking hour,
Seen through the steams and vapour of his dungeon,
By the lamp’s dismal twilight! So he lies