Crossword-Solution: PHILOMEL
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Philomel | n. | Same as Philomela, the nightingale. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “PHILOMEL”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Nightingale, to poets | 1 answer |
| Nightingale. | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ZECMEA
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with PHILOMEL (5)
Miss Pole was evidently anxious to prove that such terrible events had occurred within her experience that she was justified in her sudden panic; and Miss Matty did not like to be outdone, and capped every story with one yet more horrible, till it reminded me oddly enough, of an old story I had read somewhere, of a nightingale and a musician, who strove one against the other which could produce the most admirable music, till poor Philomel dropped down dead.
Philomel, with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby; Never harm, nor spell, nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh; So good night with lullaby.' When the fairies had sung their queen asleep with this pretty lullaby, they left her to perform the important services she had enjoined them.
Upon the bank there rose an oakwood hoar, Where Philomel for ever seemed to plain; I' the middle was a meadow with a fountain, And, at each end, a solitary mountain.
When rivers rage, and rocks grow cold Then Philomel becometh dumb And age complains of cares to come.
Zara: Words of love too loudly spoken Ring their own untimely knell; Noisy vows are rudely broken, Soft the song of Philomel.
Quotes with PHILOMEL (1)
Truth for anyone is a very complex thing. For a writer, what you leave out says as much as those things you include. What lies beyond the margin of the text? The photographer frames the shot; writers frame their world. Mrs Winterson objected to what I had put in, but it seemed to me that what I had left out was the story’s silent twin. There are so many things that we can’t say, because they are too painful. We hope that the things we can say will soothe the rest, or appease …
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2006).