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Meanings of poesy in English

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Literature in metrical form.

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        Usage of poesy in English
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        It is good rhyme, but it lacks the real spirit of poesy.
        From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin
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        Her poems have found their way into the anthologies of universal poesy.
        Brazilian Tales
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        Such completeness of view, however, is alien to the poesy of Hawaii.
        Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula
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        The poesy of the image was quickly dispelled as the eyes appeared.
        Creepers
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        We'll talk of love and poesy and tender things till sunset, .
        Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self
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        How difficult then to ascertain the truth respecting our poesy and music!
        The Letters of Robert Burns
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        Her soul exhaled itself thenceforth in a fragrance of natural poesy.
        The Village Rector
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        Of this in divine poesy we see the use is authorised.
        The Advancement of Learning
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        Bonaparte introduced a certain poesy in his taste for the country.
        The Companions of Jehu
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        The power I speak of is the power of immortal poesy.
        The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
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        He recognized the stammering of a heart born into the poesy of harmony.
        The Hated Son
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        The jests and poesy have died away-allhave sunken to decay and darkness.
        Old Fritz and the New Era
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        But poesy has found many a home among the hills of New England.
        Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O
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        Muses, the nine deities who presided over various kinds of poesy, music, etc.
        Meditations
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        The poor lad was overwhelmed by poesy, and his own despair.
        Beatrix
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        You have been allured, my child, by the poesy of misfortune.
        The Brotherhood of Consolation
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