Read full poem →I have seen many faces changed by the Sculptor Death--
But never a face like Harold's who passed in a throe of pain.
There were maidens and youths in the bud, and men in the lust of life;
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years throe. throehundred throedays throemonths throetimes throethroe death
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Poetry examples for “throe”
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Read full poem →Ceases not from all time to heave and groan,
Unfruitful oft, and at her happiest throe
Forms, what she forms, alone;
Read full poem →On one head, all the beauty and strength, love and rage (like the
throe
That, a-work in the rock, helps its labor and lets the gold 95
Read full poem →A borther’s sigh! a sister’s tear!
My Jean’s heart-rending throe!
Farewell, my Bess! tho’ thou’rt bereft
Read full poem →“Where, where is Love’s fond, tender throe,
With lordly Honour’s lofty brow,
Read full poem →Where, where is Love’s fond, tender throe,
With lordly Honour’s lofty brow,
Read full poem →Placed for her lordly use thus far, thus vile, below.
Where, where is love's fond, tender throe,
With lordly honour's lofty brow,
Read full poem →But for their sake my heart does ache,
With many a bitter throe:
And it’s O, fickle Fortune, O!
Read full poem →And thresh, and ply;
And hill-hid tides throb, throe on throe,
And meadow rivulets overflow,