Dictionary Entry

pursue

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/pəˈʃu/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓

To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.

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Poetry examples for “pursue”

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Follow a shadow, it still flies you;
Seem to fly it, it will pursue:
So court a mistress, she denies you;

And peace, which ev'ry where
With so much earnestness you do pursue,
Is only there.

But see the softly-stealing tears apace
Pursue each other down the mourner's face;
But cease thy tears, bid ev'ry sigh depart,

No such booty as these.
Were it simply a friend to pursue
'Mid my million or two,

Guilt, erring man, relenting view,
But shall thy legal rage pursue
The wretch, already crushed low

His wretched refuge, dark despair,
While ravening wrongs and woes pursue,
And distant far the faithful few

The Muse his ready quill employed,
No nearer bliss he could pursue;
That bliss Clarinda cold deny’d—