Read full poem →To banish him, and then to call him home,
'Twill make him vail the top-flag of his pride,
And fear to offend the meanest nobleman.
Dictionary Entry
Profit; return; proceeds.
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Common Phrases
. vailet vailbook vailsaid vailvail alfredvail theodore
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Poetry examples for “vail”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →PUBLISHED, AUGUST, 1924+ SET UP, AND.
PRINTED BY THE VAIL-BALLOU PRESS, INC.,
BINGHAMTON, N. Y. * PAPER FURNISHED BY 5
Read full poem →Old Tartary the fierce!
The kings of Ind their jewel-sceptres vail,
And from their treasures scatter pearled hail;
Read full poem →Came vested all in white, pure as her mind:
Her face was vail'd, yet to my fancied sight,
Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shin'd
Read full poem →change ayr and cipress become air and cypress; and the vowels in daign,
vail, neer, beleeve, sheild, boosom, eeven, battail, travailer, and many
other words are similarly modernized. On the other hand there are a few
Read full poem →Came vested all in white, pure as her mind:
Her face was vail'd, yet to my fancied sight, 10
Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shin'd
Read full poem →But to eyes that had seen her in tide-times of weal,
Like the white cloud o’ smoke, the red battle-field’s vail,
That look spak’ of havoc behind.