I brought you coffee
French Press, real cream
To send you off on your day

You touched my face
So unexpectedly gently
I get lost in your eyes
A moment of tenderness
Time stopped
Turned my knees to water
I could have cried

Somehow you know
Exactly what I need
Days later I still feel it
Your hand caressing my cheek
My breath catches
My eyes close
Just for that moment of memory

Gen"tle (?), a. [Compar. Gentler (?); superl. Gentlest (?).] [OE. gentil, F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful, fr. L. gentilis of the same clan or race, fr. gens, gentis, tribe, clan, race, orig. that which belongs together by birth, fr. the root of genere, gignere, to beget; hence gentle, properly, of birth or family, that is, of good or noble birth. See Gender, and cf. Genteel, Gentil, Gentile, Gentoo, Jaunty.]

1.

Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

British society is divided into nobility, gentry, and yeomanry, and families are either noble, gentle, or simple. Johnson's Cyc.

The studies wherein our noble and gentle youth ought to bestow their time. Milton.

2.

Quiet and refined in manners; not rough, harsh, or stern; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender; as, a gentle nature, temper, or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice.

3.

A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader.

"Gentle sirs." "Gentle Jew." "Gentle servant."

Shak.

4.

Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse.

5.

Soft; not violent or rough; not strong, loud, or disturbing; easy; soothing; pacific; as, a gentle touch; a gentle gallop.

"Gentle music."

Sir J. Davies.

O sleep! it is a gentle thing. Coleridge.

The gentle craft, the art or trade of shoemaking.

Syn. -- Mild; meek; placid; dovelike; quiet; peaceful; pacific; bland; soft; tame; tractable; docile. -- Gentle, Tame, Mild, Meek. Gentle describes the natural disposition; tame, that which is subdued by training; mild implies a temper which is, by nature, not easily provoked; meek, a spirit which has been schooled to mildness by discipline or suffering. The lamb is gentle; the domestic fowl is tame; John, the Apostle, was mild; Moses was meek.

 

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Gen"tle, n.

1.

One well born; a gentleman.

[Obs.]

Gentles, methinks you frown. Shak.

2.

A trained falcon. See Falcon-gentil.

3. Zool.

A dipterous larva used as fish bait.

 

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Gent"le, v. t.

1.

To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble.

[Obs.]

Shak.

2.

To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable.

[R. or Poet.]

To gentle life's descent, We shut our eyes, and think it is a plain. Young.

3.

To make kind and docile, as a horse.

[Colloq.]

 

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