Polygons, e.g

Usage examples of shapes.

Foul, ceaseless shadows:--thought could not divide The actual world from these entangling evils, Which so bemocked themselves, that I descried All shapes like mine own self, hideously multiplied.

Those marble shapes then seemed to quiver, And their fair limbs to float in motion, Like weeds unfolding in the ocean.

Thou canst no longer know or love the shapes Of this phantasmal scene, who have to thee Been purest ministers, who are, alas!

Orb above orb, with starry shapes between, And horned moons, and meteors strange and fair, On night-black columns poised--one hollow hemisphere!

And continents, and winds, and oceans deep, All shapes might throng to share, that fly, or walk or creep,-- 56.

And, as he wandered among the ruins made one with Nature in their decay, or gazed on the Praxitelean shapes that throng the Vatican, the Capitol, and the palaces of Rome, his soul imbibed forms of loveliness which became a portion of itself.

The little leaves are of various shapes, and distinctly toothed, being about the size of the bowl of a dessert spoon.

And among mighty shapes which fled in wonder, And among mightier shadows which pursued His heels, he wound: until the dark rocks under He touched a golden chain--a sound arose like thunder.

All living things a common nature own, And thought erect an universal throne, Where many shapes one tribute ever bear?

But now, oh weave the mystic measure Of music, and dance, and shapes of light, Let the Hours, and the spirits of might and pleasure, Like the clouds and sunbeams, unite-- A VOICE: Unite!

Some look behind, as fiends pursued them there, And yet I see no shapes but the keen stars: Others, with burning eyes, lean forth, and drink With eager lips the wind of their own speed, As if the thing they loved fled on before, And now, even now, they clasped it.

A pleasure sweet doubtless it was to see Mortals subdued in all the shapes of sleep.

He sees fair things in many hideous shapes, And trumpets all his falsehood to the world.

In whom, as in the splendour of the Sun, All shapes look glorious which thou gazest on!

Each in a chain of blossoms, yet enjoys The shapes of this new world, in giant toys Wrought by the busy .