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Search phrase: welkin

Plays

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Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.163King Cerberus, and let the welkin roar!King Cerberus, and let the Welkin roare:
King JohnKJ V.v.2But stayed and made the western welkin blush,But staid, and made the Westerne Welkin blush,
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.65By thy favour, sweet welkin, I must sigh in thy face.By thy fauour sweet Welkin, I must sigh in thy face.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.ii.5jewel in the ear of caelum, the sky, the welkin, theIewell in the eare of Celo the skie; the welken the
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW I.iii.85.2By welkin and her star!By Welkin, and her Star.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.356The starry welkin cover thou anonThe starrie Welkin couer thou anon,
Richard IIIR3 V.iii.342Amaze the welkin with your broken staves!Amaze the welkin with your broken staues.
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.2.44Thy hounds shall make the welkin answer themThy hounds shall make the Welkin answer them
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.210Or with our sighs we'll breathe the welkin dimOr with our sighs weele breath the welkin dimme,
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.222Threat'ning the welkin with his big-swoll'n face?Threatning the welkin with his big-swolne face?
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.225She is the weeping welkin, I the earth;Shee is the weeping welkin, I the earth:
Twelfth NightTN II.iii.55But shall we make the welkin dance indeed? Shall weBut shall we make the Welkin dance indeed? Shall wee
Twelfth NightTN III.i.56and what you would are out of my welkin – I might sayand what you would are out of my welkin, I might say
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.136Look on me with your welkin eye. Sweet villain!Looke on me with your Welkin eye: sweet Villaine,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.116 Doth yet in his fair welkin once appear; Doth yet in his faire welkin once appeare,
Venus and AdonisVen.921 Against the welkin volleys out his voice; Against the welkin, volies out his voyce,

Glossary

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welkinsky, firmament, heavens
welkinheavenly blue
welkinout of one's element, none of one's business

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
WELKINBASICwelkin n

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