Read full poem →And humble glories of the youthful Spring;
Where opening roses breathing sweets diffuse,
And soft carnations shower their balmy dews;
Dictionary Entry
The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
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Common Phrases
. sweetssweets many
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Poetry examples for “sweets”
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Read full poem →There the wind is heaping, heaping
Sweetest sweets of Summer's keeping,
By the cornfields ripe for reaping.
Read full poem →Keep her from me, my more desire to breed;
We scorn things lawful; stolen sweets we affect;
Cruel is he that loves whom none protect.
Read full poem →Enfolded by your soft vermilion robe,
Amorous of sweets, for but one perfect hour!
Read full poem →Nor savour less
The sweets of thine eternal childishness,
And hold thy godhead bright in far employ.
Read full poem →Yes, Heaven is thine; but this
Is a world of sweets and sours;
Our flowers are merely--flowers,
Read full poem →Yes, Heaven is thine; but this
Is a world of sweets and sours;
Our flowers are merely—flowers,
Read full poem →Than all the named days of the year
When seasonable sweets come in,
Because we know how lucky we are.
Read full poem →Than all the named days of the year
When seasonable sweets come in,
Because we know how lucky we are.
Read full poem →Sweetest of sweets, I thank you: when displeasure
Did through my body wound my mind,