Read full poem →Turn safe to rest, no dreams, no waking;
And here, man, here's the wreath I've made:
'Tis not a gift that's worth the taking,
Dictionary Entry
Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.
In a Sentence
“a wreath of smoke; a wreath of clouds”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. wreathwreath laurelwreath bridalwreath advent
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Poetry examples for “wreath”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →For this your locks in paper durance bound,
For this with torturing irons wreath'd around?
For this with fillets strain'd your tender head,
Read full poem →Each brow-bound with flowers diverse of wreath,
Heaven they hail as father, earth as mother,
Read full poem →Violet and olive-leaf purple and hoary,
Song-wreath and story the fairest of fame,
Flowers that the winter can blast not or bend;
Read full poem →Five days to die in yet were autumn's, ere
The last leaf withered from his flowerless wreath.
Read full poem →Whose stars were watched of Webster; and beneath,
The twin-souled brethren of the single wreath,
Grown in kings' gardens, plucked from pastoral heath,
Read full poem →I sent thee late a rosy wreath,
Not so much honouring thee
Read full poem →I sent thee late a rosy wreath,
Not so much honouring thee
Read full poem →Of these the exceeding worthiness,
Surely the sweetest wreath of Fame
Shall, to your hope, my brows caress;