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fane [feɪn] n (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Archaic or poetic a temple or shrine [from Latin fānum] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"Horns of Elfland" never sounded more sweetly around hoary castle and ruined fane than those vesper calls of the robins from the twilight spruce woods and across green pastures lying under the pale radiance of a young moon. Love should be the vestal fire of some mighty temple--some vast dim fane whose organ music is the rolling of the spheres. With the snake-like writhings of an idea he glided into another female heart; but this seemed to him like a large holy fane. |
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