droops

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The lady bears two earrings, one of which, Dangling displaced, in Dali's playful mode, Droops from the center of her clefted forehead.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yon citron grove, whence first in fear we came, Droops its fair honors to the conquering flame: Far fly the swains, like us, in deep despair, And leave to ruffian bands their fleecy care.

From The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir by Collins, William

He shakes not the fair bough that lowliest Droops, neither lifts he hand, nor turns to see; But lies, and gathers to him indolently The fruits that drop into his very breast.

From The Child of Pleasure by Harding, Georgina

Daylight fades and night must follow, Low, where sea and sky combine, Droops the orb of great Apollo, Hostile god to me and mine.

From Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop

The tender corn upon the lea Droops in her goddess gloom when she Cries for her lost Persephone.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean