Read full poem →unarisen,
Swift horses of fear or of love, take flight and depart and not die.
They are swifter than dreams, they are stronger than death; there is
Dictionary Entry
To begin flying; to become airborne or aloft; to take off and fly
In a Sentence
“Though the bird is still young, in a day or two it will spread its wing and take flight for the first time.”
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Poetry examples for “take flight”
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Read full poem →And wings of swift spent hours
Take flight and fly;
She sees by formless gleams,
Read full poem →Sing, while the hours and the wild birds follow,
Take flight and follow and find the sun.
Read full poem →"Strike the sails!" King Olaf said;
"Never shall men of mine take flight;
Never away from battle I fled,
Read full poem →noise of a king with his army, and the robbers shall
take flight._)