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Our bruised arms hung up for monuments; Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. Grim-visaged war hath smooth’d his wrinkled front; And now, instead of mounting barded steeds. To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady’s chamber.
Already to their wormy beds are gone. For fear lest day should look their shames upon, They willfully themselves exile from light. And must for aye consort with black-browed night. 400 But we are spirits of another sort. I with the morning’s love have oft made sport, And like a forester the groves may tread.
What does the noun merriment mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun merriment , three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Grim-looking; grim in appearance or nature. rethe Old English–1525 Of a person, a person's disposition, etc.: cruel, harsh; given to violence or severity; (of an animal) savage, uncontrollable.
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths; Our bruised arms hung up for monuments; Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. Grim-visaged war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front; And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds.
Dec 30, 2020 · The lost merry customs of a traditional Scottish Hogmanay. There has long been a free licence to merriment over the Hogmanay period in Scotland. PIC: Creative Commons. They were described as the...
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