Read full poem →And spring and seed and swallow
Take wing for her and follow
Where summer song rings hollow
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Of a winged animal, to take flight; to begin flying.
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Poetry examples for “take wing”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The delicate love-lines of her mouth, till, lit
With quivering fire, the words take wing from it;
As here between our kisses we sit thus
Read full poem →So have I marked Queen Dian, in bright ring
Of cloud above and wave below, take wing
And chase night's gloom, as thou the spirit's grief.
Read full poem →Oh, God! it is a fearful thing
To see the human soul take wing
In any shape, in any mood:[19]
Read full poem →That suddenly, for blank astonishment,
Charms every sense, and makes all thought take wing,--
Read full poem →I saw the 'potamus take wing
Ascending from the damp savannas,