Read full poem →And all that rich scene wrapt in gold,
Faded in air–a lovely vision!
And I awoke, but oh! to me
Dictionary Entry
vision
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈvɪ.ʒ(ə)n/Word FrequencyCommon (5.63)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓The sense or ability of sight.
In a Sentence
“Students can use vision to explain The sense or ability of sight..”
Published Usage Examples
“The term vision had better be restricted to mean a dream during trance-sleep.”
“The term vision 2020 has virtually disappeared from the local lexicon.”
This entry also appears in ReadingWillow Year 12 word lists, so students can move between the dictionary and year-level study sets.
Origin
From Latin visio “sight”, via Old French vision.
Common Phrases
. vision
Poetry examples for “vision”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →From the depths of the sea.
As a vision of heaven from the hollows of ocean, that none but a god might see,
Rose out of the silence of things unknown of a presence, a form, a might,
Read full poem →In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
Read full poem →We may think so from the quickening of his bloom and of his breath.
Vision unto vision calleth,
While the young child dreameth on.
Read full poem →By the high altar, singing prayer and prayer
To the higher Heavens. A noble vision free
Our Haydon's hand has flung out from the mist:
Read full poem →Ourselves were wed one summer -- dear --
Your Vision -- was in June --
And when Your little Lifetime failed,
Read full poem →Was gifted with the wondrous powers,
Lost vision to restore.
It gave new strength, and fearless mood;
Read full poem →In the next valley-glades:
Was it a vision, or a waking dream?
Fled is that music:—Do I wake or sleep?
Read full poem →My love first came into my sight,
O perfect vision of delight,
O the glad dove has golden wings!
Read full poem →As then, when to outstrip thy skiey speed
Scarce seemed a vision; I would ne'er have striven
As thus with thee in prayer in my sore need.
