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casement

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1. casement - Noun

2. Casement - Proper noun

Meaning

A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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All night have the roses heard The flute, violin, bassoon All night has the casement jessamine stirred To the dancers dancing in tune Till a silence fell with the waking bird, And a hush with the setting moon. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

My virgin sense of sound was steeped In the music of young streams; And roses through the casement peeped, And scented all my dreams. Alfred Austin

The cold blast at the casement beats; The window-panes are white; The snow whirls through the empty streets; It is a dreary night! Epes Sargent

And there shall be for thee all soft delight That shadowy thought can win, A bright torch, and a casement ope at night, To let the warm Love in! John Keats

Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest. John Keats

Last night I by my casement leant, And looked on the bright firmament; And marked a group of stars, which met, Almost as if on purpose set Together for their loveliness, -. Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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