Read full poem →And to sulk would nothing gain,
Twining many a trick and wile
I began to soothe and smile.
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Poetry examples for “wile”
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Read full poem →Then am I yours as your high mind may list.
No wile shall lure you, none can I resist!'
Thus the first Eve
Read full poem →Had anyone called there like me,
I asked. It was quite plain the wile
Succeeded. For they poured out all.
Read full poem →And emperors extinguished with a smile.
They foiled his years with many an ancient wile,
And if they limped, O’Leary didn’t care:
Read full poem →These flames, which ships dissembled to our foes.
Retreating thence as lions, which some wile,
Or stratagem, did of their prey beguile,
Read full poem →With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran;
Even children followed with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile.
Read full poem →E'en children follow'd with endearing wile,
Read full poem →Of hill or dale, oak-wood or fernshaw,
To wile away a weary hour
For the lady left alone in her bower, 460
Read full poem →And thro' at Fargy Grame's gap."
"But I hae another wile for that:
For I hae little Will, and stalwart Wat,
