Read full poem →Beyond the moor and the mountain crest
--Comrade, look not on the west--
The sun is down and drinks away
Dictionary Entry
One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox, abbreviated as W.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. westindies westcoast westvirginia westafrica westgermany westwest mileswest far
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “west”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →‘Lie down, lie down, young yeoman;
The sun moves always west;
Read full poem →"Wanderers eastward, wanderers west,
Know you why you cannot rest?
Read full poem →The bridges from the steepled crest
Cross the water east and west.
Read full poem →‘Lie down, lie down, young yeoman’
The sun moves always west;
Read full poem →"Lie down, lie down, young yeoman;
The sun moves always west;
The road one treads to labour
Read full poem →"Their love is for their own undoing.
And east and west
They scour about the world a-wooing
Read full poem →There flowers no balm to sain him
From east of earth to west
That's lost for everlasting
Read full poem →Wyre ‘
The winds out of the west fend blow :
*Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town