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Definition of Philomel
1. n. Same as Philomela, the nightingale.
Definition of Philomel
1. Noun. the nightingale ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Philomel
1. a songbird [n -S] - See also: songbird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Philomel
Literary usage of Philomel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English by Egerton Brydges (1815)
"That so thy sister philomel might trie If they, for love to honor'd ... The gentle
philomel laments this wanton degradation of these fair nymphs,—erewhile, ..."
2. The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry for (1805)
"DAMON TO philomel, BY MR. WEST*. As love-sick Damon lay along Beneath a melancholy
shade, Sooth'd by the nightly warbler's song, Thus the unhappy shepherd ..."
3. Davison's Poetical Rhapsody by Francis Davison, Arthur Henry Bullen (1891)
"TEN SONNETS TO philomel. SONNET I. UPON LOVE'S ENTERING BY HIS EARS. OFT did I
hear our eyes the passage were By which Love entered to assail ' our hearts ..."
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