Read full poem →Thus wisely careless, innocently gay,
Cheerful he play'd the trifle, Life, away;
Till Fate scarce felt his gentle breath suppress'd,
Dictionary Entry
An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
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Common Phrases
. trifleless trifleover trifletrifle meretrifle merest
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Poetry examples for “trifle”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →To muse, and spill her solitary tea;
Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon,
Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon;
Read full poem →HALL I go all my bright days singing,
(A little pallid, a trifle wan)
The failing note still vainly clinging
Read full poem →Ah, what a trifle is a heart,
If once into love's hands it come!
Read full poem →shadow of public thought Forgive me for vexing
you, and making a Trojan horse of such a trifle, both
with respect to the matter in question, and myself;
Read full poem →My breast before the time when it must feel;
But trifle now no more with my distress,
Such mirth hath less of play than bitterness.
Read full poem →CALI.
Some petty passion! some domestick trifle!
Some vain amusement of a vacant soul!