All 7 Uses of
dismay
in
Leaves of Grass
- Of sea-captains young or old, and the mates, and of all intrepid sailors, Of the few, very choice, taciturn, whom fate can never surprise nor death dismay.†
Chpt 19 *
- Grieve not so, dear mother, (the just-grown daughter speaks through her sobs, The little sisters huddle around speechless and dismay'd,) See, dearest mother, the letter says Pete will soon be better.†
Chpt 21
- But damn that which spends itself with no thought of the stain, pains, dismay, feebleness, it is bequeathing.†
Chpt 23
- So it is—but now it seems to me, when it cannot be help'd, that defeat is great, And that death and dismay are great.†
Chpt 24
- Thee coil'd in evil times my country, with craft and black dismay, with every meanness, treason thrust upon thee, This common marvel I beheld—the parent thrush I watch'd feeding its young, The singing thrush whose tones of joy and faith ecstatic, Fail not to certify and cheer my soul.†
Chpt 24
- I look where the ship helplessly heads end on, I hear the burst as she strikes, I hear the howls of dismay, they grow fainter and fainter.†
Chpt 28
- Death of General Grant As one by one withdraw the lofty actors, From that great play on history's stage eterne, That lurid, partial act of war and peace—of old and new contending, Fought out through wrath, fears, dark dismays, and many a long suspense; All past—and since, in countless graves receding, mellowing, Victor's and vanquish'd—Lincoln's and Lee's—now thou with them, Man of the mighty days—and equal to the days!†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(dismay) to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry -- typically in response to something surprising