Read full poem →Theirs are the rules of France, the plots of Spain;
But wit, like wine, from happier climates brought,
Dash'd by these rogues, turns English common draught.
Dictionary Entry
An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of grapes.
In a Sentence
“She ordered some wine for the meal.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. winewine redwine white
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Poetry examples for “wine”
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Read full poem →They boated and they cricketed ; they talk’d
At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics : 160
They lost their weeks ; they vext the souls of deans ‘
Read full poem →When only the ledger lives, and when only not all men lie;
Peace in her vineyard--yes!--but a company forges the wine.
Read full poem →181. the summer of the vine, the genial warmth of the wine.
Read full poem →Abide a little for our lady's love.
The kisses of her mouth were more than wine,
And more than peace the passage of her days.
Read full poem →Three times thrice, in wine of song full-flowing,
Pledge, my heart, the child whose eyes suffice,
Read full poem →The hoar sea-fields from the cornfield’s gold,
His wine-bright waves from her vineyards’ fold,
Frail forces we find 115%
Read full poem →We reach out hands to reach thee
Ere the wine-press be trod;
We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee,
Read full poem →Thy mouth is made of fire and wine,
Thy barren bosom takes my kiss
Read full poem →blossom,
Bitter as ashes or tears is the fruit, and the wine thereof shame.
As a heart that its anguish divides is the green bud cloven asunder;