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Evening. See Eve, n. 1. [Poetic.] Shak.

The time of evening; evening. [Poetic.] Spenser.

ep"tion*a*ble*ness, n. This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem. Addison.

To exclude from participation in; to excommunicate. [Obs.] Poets . . . were excommuned Plato's common wealth Gayton.

to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical. A glossary or expository index to the poetical writers. Johnson.

Done or performed extempore. "Extempore dissertation." Addison. "Extempore poetry." Dryden. -- n.

A tear. [Poetic] Shak.

The retina. [Poetic]

Plural of eye; obsolete, or used only in poetry. Shak. With such a plaintive gaze their eyne Are fastened upwardly on mine. Mrs. Browning.

he plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem. The moral is the first business of the poet; this being formed, he contrives such a design or fable as may be most suitable to the moral. Dryden.

One of the metrical tales of the Trouvères, or early poets of the north of France.

A name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors.

A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. [Poet.] Such to this British Isle, her Christian fanes. Wordsworth.

arity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions. Farce is that in poetry which "grotesque" is in a picture: the persons and action of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false. Dryden.

t; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem. Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. Pope.

hings done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. Neh. vi. 8. The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. Shak.

A style of low, scurrilous, obscene poetry originating in fescennia.

Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education. Finished work (Mach.), work that is made smooth or polished, though not necessarily completed.

llectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal. And bless their critic with a poet's fire.Pope.

nce; preëminent in quality, size, or estimation. Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M. Arnold. Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. Jowett (Thucyd).