poetize

Example Sentences

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When we talk of being invaded in the north, we poetize the idea of defense by the figure of defending our hearthstones.

From Venetian Life by Howells, William Dean

"But what am I to poetize on now, Emmeline?—the table, or yourself? because, at present, they are the only subjects under consideration, and I really can not see any thing very poetical in either."

From Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters by Aguilar, Grace

It is necessary for everyone to poetize his sensations in order to comprehend them.

From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Hartley, Marsden

But to poetize the tragedy of others, to fiddle while Rome is burning, is brutal.

From The Moral Economy by Perry, Ralph Barton

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.