All 4 Uses of
wane
in
Leaves of Grass
- Carols under that lagging, yellow, waning moon!†
Chpt 19 *
- Halcyon Days Not from successful love alone, Nor wealth, nor honor'd middle age, nor victories of politics or war; But as life wanes, and all the turbulent passions calm, As gorgeous, vapory, silent hues cover the evening sky, As softness, fulness, rest, suffuse the frame, like freshier, balmier air, As the days take on a mellower light, and the apple at last hangs really finish'd and indolent-ripe on the tree, Then for the teeming quietest, happiest days of all!†
Chpt 34
- [IV] Last of Ebb, and Daylight Waning Last of ebb, and daylight waning, Scented sea-cool landward making, smells of sedge and salt incoming, With many a half-caught voice sent up from the eddies, Many a muffled confession—many a sob and whisper'd word, As of speakers far or hid.†
Chpt 34
- Last of ebb, and daylight waning, Scented sea-cool landward making, smells of sedge and salt incoming, With many a half-caught voice sent up from the eddies, Many a muffled confession——many a sob and whisper'd word, As of speakers far or hid.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(wane) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) -- especially the part of the moon that is visible