Read full poem →Its flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell,
May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep
'Mongst boughs pavillion'd, where the deer's swift leap
Dictionary Entry
An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. vigilskeep vigilsvigils nightvigils longvigils prayervigils nightlyvigils candlelight
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Poetry examples for “vigils”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →No more thus brooding o'er yon heap,
With Avarice painful vigils keep;
Still unenjoy'd the present store,
Read full poem →(My long and crowded life of active work—not adoration merely;)
Thou knowest the prayers and vigils of my youth;
Thou knowest my manhood’s solemn and visionary meditations;
Read full poem →Her cheek was pale, her form was spare;
Vigils, and penitence austere,
Had early quenched the light of youth,
Read full poem →With early voice to drowsy workman call,
Or lull the dame, while mirth his vigils keeps?
'Twas thus in Caledonia's domes, 'tis said,