eterne
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of eterne
1325–75; Middle English < Latin aeternus, contraction of aeviternus, equivalent to aev ( um ) age + -i- -i- + -ternus, extended form of -ernus suffix of temporal adjectives
Example Sentences
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No, not the olden pleasure shall be there We knew, before the grass sprang o'er your breast; Yet that is yours which here hearts cannot share— Heaven's summer peace eterne and noonday rest.
From Songs, Sonnets & Miscellaneous Poems by Runciman, Thomas
Yet it has but one mother, and bears that mother's own feature, 'Tis thy features it bears,—Nature,—thy features eterne!
From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Schiller, Friedrich
Chiama gli abitator' de l'ombre eterne Il rauco suon de la tartarea tromba.
From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Tasso, Torquato
Lo, see his lyre mute and unstrung, Or only grief-notes from it wrung: Lo, his golden locks neglected, And his radiant face dejected; Beauty eterne distain'd, rejected.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Ne konduku nin en tenton; sed liberigu nin de la malbono: car Via estas la regado, la forto, kaj la gloro eterne.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
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