All 6 Uses of
dominion
in
Faust -- translated by Brooks
- Willing, it beareth me,
On a new path, through ether's blue dominions,
To untried spheres of pure activity.†Chpt All *
- Far nobler joy to soar through thought's dominions
From page to page, from book to book!†Chpt All
- O, are there spirits in the air,
That empire hold 'twixt earth's and heaven's dominions,
Down from your realm of golden haze repair,
Waft me to new, rich life, upon your rosy pinions!†Chpt All
- Happy ones, swarming,
Ply their swift pinions,
Glide through the charming
Airy dominions,
Sunward still fleering,
Onward, where peering
Far o'er the ocean,
Islets are dancing
With an entrancing,
Magical motion;
Hear them, in chorus,
Singing high o'er us;
Over the meadows
Flit the bright shadows;
Glad eyes are glancing,
Tiny feet dancing.†Chpt All
- If the spirit gave, indeed,
If nature gave you, pinions,
Follow up my airy lead
To the rose-dominions!†Chpt All
- Accursed all the dream-dominion
That makes the dazzled senses blind!†Chpt All
Definitions:
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(1)
(dominion) dominance or power over others; or a region or sphere of influence so dominated
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Dominion may also be used as part of a name or to describe a self-governing nation that recognizes the British monarch.