Read full poem →And hit against each other,
Blurring to unexpected chords.
It is very beautiful,
Dictionary Entry
Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
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. unexpecteddeath unexpectedresults unexpectedplaces unexpectedways unexpectedevents unexpected
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Poetry examples for “unexpected”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →(And silent oft it seems, when silent it is not),
Revivals too of unexpected change:
Haply thou think’st ’twill never be begun,
Read full poem →And mostly our thanks for granted pray'rs
Are groans at unexpected cares,
First Baby went to heaven, you know,
Read full poem →and the 'Sphinx Sonnets,' the former of which will show a
new and, I think, an unexpected side of Rossetti's genius."
Seven years have elapsed since this was written but these
Read full poem →For such as I to take or leave withal,
In unexpected largesse? am I cold,
Ungrateful, that for these most manifold
Read full poem →When Night -- descending -- dumb -- and dark --
They hear my unexpected knock --
Transporting must the moment be --
Read full poem →One hour dies silent oer the sleepy woods,
The next wakes loud with unexpected storms;
A dreary nakedness the field deforms--
Read full poem →The tempest rose;
An unexpected burst of woes,[43]
With scarce a breathing space betwixt,
Read full poem →castle, which covered the bay. Notwithstanding this interference of the
Danes, which seems to have been unexpected, the English admiral bore
into the bay, commenced the assault with great fury, and continued it
Read full poem →CHAPTER 31 -- Former benevolence now repaid with unexpected interest