Read full poem →wedded rose or myrtle tree. Nor in leaping or reaching after the new
flower would he wilfully bruise or break the least bud of the old. His
desire is towards the freedom of the dawn of things--not towards the "dark
Dictionary Entry
Willingly, of one's own free will.
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “wilfully”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Some arbitrary judgement take,
And wilfully pronounce it clear,
For this or that 'tis we are here?
Read full poem →But wild with paradox ran the plea.
As wilfully in hope depress’d,
Yet bold beyond hope’s warranty:
Read full poem →Yea, in the worst
And from His Face most wilfully accurst
Of souls in vain redeem'd,
Read full poem →And then come back to it and begin over.
May no fate wilfully misunderstand me
And half grant what I wish and snatch me away
Read full poem →O, doth a bird deprived of wings
Go earth-bound wilfully!
Read full poem →My saucy bark, inferior far to his,
On your broad main doth wilfully appear.
Your shallowest help will hold me up afloat,