poetize

Example Sentences

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Now thus to poetize the tragedy of one's own life is fatuous; it is like enjoying one's dizziness on the brink of a precipice, or the pangs of sickness without seeking a remedy.

From The Moral Economy by Perry, Ralph Barton

The episodes, and the hard characters, and the partly imaginary characters, you had 246 your liberty in; and you have used them well to suffuse and flavor and poetize the story.

From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

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

From The Moral Economy by Perry, Ralph Barton

"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

So before I begin to poetize, i'll take an easy with you.

From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome