Both Uses of
rebuke
in
Leaves of Grass
- Let me have my own way, Let others promulge the laws, I will make no account of the laws, Let others praise eminent men and hold up peace, I hold up agitation and conflict, I praise no eminent man, I rebuke to his face the one that was thought most worthy.†
Chpt 17 *
- Miserable! yet for thy errors, vanities, sins, I will not now rebuke thee, Thy unexampled woes and pangs have quell'd them all, And left thee sacred.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(rebuke) criticize severely; or such criticism