Read full poem →The thoughtful grave encloses --
Tenderly tucking them in from frost
Before their feet are cold.
Dictionary Entry
To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
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Common Phrases
away tucking
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Poetry examples for “tucking”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →My comrade I wrapt in his blanket, envelop'd well his form,
Folded the blanket well, tucking it carefully over head and carefully
under feet,
Read full poem →to call the ice-man, fish-man, and stands
shy, uncorseted, tucking in
stray ends of hair, and I compare her