Read full poem →The silver Thames reflects its marble face.
Now let some whimsy, or that devil within,
Which guides all those who know not what they mean,
Dictionary Entry
A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
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Common Phrases
. whimsywhimsy mere
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Poetry examples for “whimsy”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →_Holofernes_.
Thou troubled with such whimsy!--But 'tis no one,
A mere sexless thing of mine.
Read full poem →Whimsy and song in my little gray study!
Words out of wonderland, praising her fineness,