Read full poem →How free from scornful pride her gentle mind,
Which ne'er its aid to indigence declin'd!
Expanding free, it sought the means to prove
Dictionary Entry
aid
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/eɪd/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓Help; assistance; succor, relief.
In a Sentence
“He came to my aid when I was foundering.”
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Poetry examples for “aid”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Drinkin’ Madeira wine.
And frae Glenkens cam to our aid
A chief o’ doughty deed;
Read full poem →In fervid flame,
Beneath a Patroness’ aid,
Of noble name.