Read full poem →Cursed be the wretch, so venal and so vain:
Paltry and proud, as drabs in Drury-lane.
Dictionary Entry
An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
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Poetry examples for “wretch”
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Read full poem →And, by my interest, Cozens made her stays.
Ungrateful wretch! with mimic airs grown pert,
She dares to steal my favourite lover's heart.
Read full poem →Shrink his thin essence like a rivell'd flower:
Or, as Ixion fix'd, the wretch shall feel
The giddy motion of the whirling mill,
Read full poem →j best ; I'll tickle those pampered sides.
Sub. A poor, ignorant, impertinent, ungrateful wretch
«e life, to my disgrace be it spoken, I have saved — vili
Read full poem →That seeks the conquest by her loose behaviour.
Poor wretch,[260] I saw when thou didst think I slumbered;
Not drunk, your faults on the spilt wine I numbered.
Read full poem →As milk comes, when the babe is dead.
The wretch, whom she found fit for scorn,
His own allegiant thoughts despise;
Read full poem →Some small seed dear to God.
Haply yon wretch, so famous for his falls,
Got them beneath the Devil-defended walls
Read full poem →Stand still, fond fettered wretch! while Memory's art
Parades the Past before thy face, and lures
Read full poem →“The—hiccup!—wretch!” ejaculated Bon-Bon, “the—hic-cup!—abortion
of a pill-box!”—and the philosopher dropped a tear.