Read full poem →Whence unclean fowls are said to be forbidden.
There harmless swans feed all abroad the river;
There lives the phoenix, one alone bird ever;
Dictionary Entry
Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
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Common Phrases
. swansswans wildswans blackswans whiteswans twoswans trumpeter
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Poetry examples for “swans”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The lake boats
Huddled like swans
Turn and sigh like sleepers----
Read full poem →I looked in my heart while the wild swans went over.
And what did I see I had not seen before?
Read full poem →While they float pure beneath His eyes,
Like swans adown a stream.
Read full poem →Let the long contention cease!
Geese are swans, and swans are geese.
Let them have it how they will!
Read full poem →Under the rustling poplars’ shade;
Silent the swans beside us float:
None speaks, none heeds; ah, turn thy head!
Read full poem →The cowslip-gathering at May's dewy prime;
The swans, that, when I sought the water-side,
From far to meet me came, spreading their snowy pride. 1798.