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Rakehell   Listen
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Rakehell  n.  A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake. "It seldom doth happen, in any way of life, that a sluggard and a rakehell do not go together."






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"Rakehell" Quotes from Famous Books



... carcanets Of linking gold, are avenues of sleep. But see how gable ends and parapets In gradual beauty and significance Emerge! And did you hear That little twitter-and-cheep, Breaking inordinately loud and clear On this still, spectral, exquisite atmosphere? 'Tis a first nest at matins! And behold A rakehell cat—how furtive and acold! A spent witch homing from some infamous dance - Obscene, quick-trotting, see her tip and fade Through shadowy railings into a pit of shade! And now! a little wind and shy, The smell of ships (that ...
— Poems by William Ernest Henley • William Ernest Henley



Words linked to "Rakehell" :   rip, blood, libertine, rake, profligate



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