beseem
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There she stood With such a gentle pleasure in her looks As might beseem a river-nymph's soft eyes Gracing a bridal of the race whose flocks Were pastured on the borders of her stream.
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Richard Henry Stoddard
But now I see that thou hast not with the naming any gift to give me such as would beseem me to accept, wherefore he of us who hath must give to the other.'
From The Red True Story Book by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford
Tell me what,-- Thou speak'st of matters which beseem thee not.
From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Wilhelm Hauff
O soul, no angel for an hour might dream Of all the riches that I give to thee, The glory and the beauty that beseem The heritage of life that is in Me.
From Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg by Matilda of Magdeburg
“These I will not wear,” bold Ramund he said, “They beseem me not fair,” said Ramund the young.
From The Fountain of Maribo and other ballads by Thomas James Wise
