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betide

[bih-tahyd] / bɪˈtaɪd /


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My loved Gwenlhian, weep not so, 22 From the lid that tear I kiss; Though to the wars far off I go, Betide me weal, betide me woe, We yet may meet in bliss.

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by Gilfillan, George

Betide me weal, betide me woe,      I'll hold by thy command.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

"Betide me weal, betide me woe,   That weird shall never daunton me!"

From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee

Such bale will now Betide the Irish As ne'er grows old To minding men.

From Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns by Gray, James

Then in their sable and mard array    Stepped forward stately knights eleven: “We’ll with Sir Axel swear to-day,    Betide whatever pleases heaven.”

From Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg a ballad by Borrow, George Henry




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