All 4 Uses of
stallion
in
Leaves of Grass
- A gigantic beauty of a stallion, fresh and responsive to my caresses, Head high in the forehead, wide between the ears, Limbs glossy and supple, tail dusting the ground, Eyes full of sparkling wickedness, ears finely cut, flexibly moving.†
Chpt 3
- I but use you a minute, then I resign you, stallion, Why do I need your paces when I myself out-gallop them?†
Chpt 3 *
- You Bokh horse-herd watching your mares and stallions feeding!†
Chpt 6
- …extravagant, yearning, questioning artist's face, The ugly face of some beautiful soul, the handsome detested or despised face, The sacred faces of infants, the illuminated face of the mother of many children, The face of an amour, the face of veneration, The face as of a dream, the face of an immobile rock, The face withdrawn of its good and bad, a castrated face, A wild hawk, his wings clipp'd by the clipper, A stallion that yielded at last to the thongs and knife of the gelder.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(stallion) a male horse that has not been castrated (gelded) -- especially one used for breeding purposes