Read full poem →Still upwards bent, as if heav'n were mine own,
Thy anger comes, and I decline:
What frost to that? What pole is not the zone,
Dictionary Entry
decline
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/dɪˈklaɪn/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓Downward movement, fall.
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Poetry examples for “decline”
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