poetize

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But his finest poems are those which celebrate the affections of the household, and poetize the pathetic beauty of toil and poverty in city and country.

From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by Howells, William Dean

All very well to poetize and maunder about in quiet Hazlewood; but, by Jove! you'll find it won't do in practical life.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 by Various

A woman, he told himself, should appear to us in dreams, or such a glory as may poetize her vulgarity.

From Pierre and Jean by Maupassant, Guy de

You are the subject now, and, writing you, I well may versify, not poetize: Here needs no fiction: for the graces true And virtues clip not with base flatteries.

From Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) by Tutin, J. R.

To poetize the truth in the science of charity and forgiveness can never be a great sin.

From Manners and Social Usages by Sherwood, Mrs. John M. E. W.