Literary notes about Tryst (AI summary)
In literature, the term tryst is frequently employed to evoke secret, often charged meetings that carry both romantic allure and a sense of destiny. Writers use it to denote clandestine appointments—sometimes with lovers in secluded parks or private retreats [1, 2, 3], while in other contexts it suggests fateful encounters that verge on the inevitable, as in a meeting with death itself that heightens the dramatic tension [4, 5]. It also appears as a marker for prearranged rendezvous in varied settings, from the natural beauty of a golden isle set for union [6, 7] to formal, historical gatherings [8, 9]. Through these varied uses, tryst encapsulates the intensity of human connection and the transient moments that define both passion and destiny [10, 11].
- This thought caused me to revert to that hour when I had sat upon the seat in the Park, keeping a tryst with some person unknown.
— from The Wiles of the Wicked by William Le Queux - To tryst Love blindfold goes, for fear He should not see, and eyeless night He chooses still for breathing near Beauty, that lives but in the sight.
— from The Angel in the House by Coventry Patmore - But I came not here to keep a lover's tryst.
— from EventideA Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton - *** Bravely he kept his tryst with Death - Who somehow knew it would come to pass -
— from Tasting the Earth by Mona Gould - It is blindness for any one making a tryst to set aside the tryst with Death: The tryst that we made at Claragh has been kept by me in pale death.
— from Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry - The great river, bright in the sunshine, set the isle in a circlet of gold As it swept to its tryst with the ocean, through realms of riches untold.
— from The Snowflake, and Other Poems by Arthur Weir - A flock of brilliant butterflies dipped and poised on the waters,—pleasure boats bound for the tryst.
— from The Hill of Venus by Nathan Gallizier - The Master of Forbes, in the north, slew the Laird of Meldrum, under tryst' (that is, at an agreed and secure meeting).
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott - Tonight I am sure it is keeping a tryst with the past.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery - CHAPTER XIV THE LAST TRYST he great clock on the tower of San Sebastian struck the second hour of night.
— from The Sorceress of Rome by Nathan Gallizier - The shepherd’s hour: the hour of folding: hour of tryst.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce