Read full poem →remains in darkness. A figure stumbles past the window, the
door is thrown open, the Snowman stands aside. Enter_ JASPAR.)
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Poetry examples for “thrown”
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Read full poem →Of course resign'd it to the next that writ)
And thus upon the stage 'tis fairly thrown;[61]
Let him that takes it wear it as his own.
Read full poem →The inkstand is full of ink, and the paper lies white and unspotted,
in the round of light thrown by a candle. Puffs of darkness sweep into
the corners, and keep rolling through the room behind his chair. The air
Read full poem →they had recovered the consternation which this acci-
dent had thrown them into, resolved to rebuild their
theatre with such improvement as might be suggested ;
Read full poem →were actually fined. These severities were not entirely
thrown away. From this period may be dated the in-
troduction of that more refined taste which hath done
Read full poem →mained behind till the bubble burst, and the Emperor
found out the fraud ; the Alchymist was thrown into
prison, whence he endeavoured to escape, but broke his
Read full poem →of the drowned boy was being handled, more rocks were
thrown, on both sides. ‘The policeman held on to his
refusal to make arrests. Fighting then began that spread
Read full poem →Now wish the chariot, whence corn fields were found,
First to be thrown upon the untilled ground:
I speak old poet's wonderful inventions,
Read full poem →which means, say the dictionaries, a counter-breast-work, or, in fact, a
mound thrown up to mask some part of the works.
Read full poem →France and such a journal should be suppressed and its
editors trapped and thrown into jail as criminals. The
proprietor of the bar replied that he was not in West
