Read full poem →And still I wore her picture by my heart,
And one dark tress ; and all around them both
Sweet thoughts would swarm as bees about their queen.
Dictionary Entry
A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. tressbm tresstress longtress arthurtress universitytress distress golden
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Poetry examples for “tress”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →ging my clothing around my feet and sat on the edge of the bed. The mat-
tress hurt me. Outside, through the rear screen I could see my father’s roses
growing. They were red and white and yellow, large and full. The sun was
Read full poem →Why so was Leda's, yet was Leda fair.
Amber-tress'd[258] is she? then on the morn think I:
My love alludes to every history:
Read full poem →Even so much life hath the poor tress of hair
Which, stored apart, is all love hath to show
Read full poem →Across my breast the abandoned hair doth flow,
Where one shorn tress long stirred the longing ache:
And next the heart that trembled for its sake
Read full poem →Strange is thy pallor! strange thy dress!
Strange, above all, thy length of tress,
And this all solemn silentness!
Read full poem →Full in tlie middle of this pleasantness
There stood a marble altar, with a tress
Of flowers budded newly ; and the dew
Read full poem →Peeps the richness of a pearl.
Downward too flows many a tress
With a glossy waviness;
Read full poem →Peeps the richness of a pearl.
Downward too flows many a tress
Witn a glossy waviness,
Read full poem →Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;