You Poets reach not this, who sing The praise of dust But kneaded, when by theft you bring The rose and Lilly from the Spring T' adorne the wrinckled face of lust.
Then weepe thy funerall teares: which heaven t'adorne The beauteous tresses of the weeping morne, Will rob me of: and thus my tombe shall be As naked, as it had no obsequie.
Bright Dew which dost the field adorne As th' earth to welcome in the morne, Would hang a jewell on each corne.
The Nimphs with quivers shall adorne Their active sides, and rouse the morne With the shrill musicke of their horne.
That nighte they lodged at a village not farre from the foreste, where they tarried certaine dayes, to make apparell for these straunge Princes, and so wel as they could to adorne and furnish Adelasia, (who being of the age almost of XXXIV.
And the more to flatter her, he dined with her, and commaunded that after dinner, she should adorne herselfe with her most precious Iewels, and decke her with the costliest apparell shee had.
O thou vnkinde woman, doest thou thincke that nature hath giuen thee two breastes for nothinge els, but to beautifie and adorne thy bodie, and not to giue sucke to thy children?
Open the temple gates unto my love, Open them wide that she may enter in, And all the postes adorne as doth behove, And all the pillours deck with girlands trim, For to receyve this Saynt with honour dew, That commeth in to you.
Adorne his Temples with a Coronet, And yet in substance and authority, Retaine but priuiledge of a priuate man?
Ile be at Charges for a Looking-glasse, And entertaine a score or two of Taylors, To study fashions to adorne my body: Since I am crept in fauour with my selfe, I will maintaine it with some little cost.
Nothyng dooeth so moche adorne and beautifie, the seate and throne of a prince, as not onely to beare dominion, ouer mightie people and re- [Fol.
This also helping to adorne the sweetnes thereof that is the whitnes of the stone, as if it had been pure iuorie.
Queene Sweetes to the sweete, farewell: I had thought to adorne thy bridale bed, faire maide, And not to follow thee vnto thy graue.
The Garland long agoe was worne, As Time pleased to bestow it, 50 The Lawrell onely to adorne The Conquerer and the Poet.
And this with nature stands, and reason right, That man who first was formed of the earth In trimminge of the earth should take delight, And her adorne from whom hee tooke his birth.
Open the temple gates unto my Love, Open them wide that she may enter in, 205 And all the postes adorne as doth behove, And all the pillours deck with girlands trim, For to receyve this saynt with honour dew, That commeth in to you.
Was it the worke of Nature or of Art, Which tempred so the feature of her face, That pride and meeknesse, mist by equall part, Doe both appeare t'adorne her beauties grace?
Which puft vp with such a pray Shall therby the praise adorne Of that scepter Rome doth sway.
Sonne, bid our Officers adorne our Court In her chiefe glory, for this happy night Shall set a period to this smarting war.
His, whilst he liv'd, that of the worlds increase Was the most loyall friend and valiant Knight; Which thou must likewise ratifie with me And hang thy shield up to adorne his Hearse Or venture Combate for denying it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "adorne" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
