Read full poem →Knew then their master, and were reconciled.
But we saw born beneath some tenderer sphere
Michael, an angel and a little child,
Dictionary Entry
sphere
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/sfɪə/Word FrequencyCommon (4.81)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓A regular three-dimensional object in which every cross-section is a circle; the figure described by the revolution of a circle about its diameter .
In a Sentence
“The article includes sphere to support a careful argument.”
Published Usage Examples
“See additional notes, No. VI.] [_Or sphere on sphere_. l.”
“Must I be comforted, not in his sphere] I cannot be united with him and move in the same _sphere_, but _must be comforted_ at a distance by the _radiance_ that shoots _on all sides_ from him.”
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Origin
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Common Phrases
. spheresphere publicsphere privatesphere politicalsphere economicsphere ownsphere celestial
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Poetry examples for “sphere”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Of air, not pure as it, yet pure doth wear,
So thy love may be my loves sphere;
Just such disparity
Read full poem →Keen as are the arrows
Of that silver sphere,
Whose intense lamp narrows
Read full poem →And set thee here; I did not well.
"Vainly I left my angel-sphere,
Vain was thy dream of many a year,
Read full poem →Most humbly own—’tis dear, dear admiration!
In that blest sphere alone we live and move;
There taste that life of life—immortal love.
Read full poem →Magnificently forth into the night.
To yon fair land ye come from, to yon sphere
Of strength and love where now ye shape your flight,
