Read full poem →The impending woe sat heavy on his breast.
He summons straight his denizens of air;
The lucid squadrons round the sails repair;
Dictionary Entry
A call to do something, especially to come.
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Common Phrases
. summonssummons first
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Poetry examples for “summons”
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Read full poem →But it would take
A louder summons
To bid them awake.
Read full poem →Forget thy foolish words;
Go to her summons gay,
Thy heart with dead, wing'd Innocencies fill'd,
Read full poem →"The teeming brain of childhood requires no external world of incident
to occupy or amuse it. The morning's awakening, the nightly summons to
bed; the connings, the recitations, the periodical half-holidays and
Read full poem →Old Iron-Beard in Yriar
Heard the summons, chuckling with a low laugh.
Read full poem →I meet thee happy, and I wish thee well,
Till ripening summer summons us to part.
Read full poem →All human things are subject to decay,
And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey:
This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young
Read full poem →Which even the best can hardly bear;
He took the summons void of fear,
And unconcernedly cast his eyes around,
Read full poem →Did steal into mine ear--
Blew such a thrilling summons to my will,
Yet could not shake it;