Example Sentences

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Great Hesper, say what sordid ceaseless hate Impels thee thus to mar my elder state.

From The Columbiad by Barlow, Joel

Thus, meditation on Sweet Peas Impels the ardent thought, Would maidens all were more like these, With modesty—that true heartsease— Tying the lover's knot.

From Poems Vol. IV by Howard, Hattie

Genji began humming in a low tone:— "The heart that roams from flower to flower, Would fain its wanderings not betray, Yet 'Asagao,' in morning's hour, Impels my tender wish to stray."

From Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan by Wilson, Epiphanius

Spring gives them, and, how strange soere it seem, Impels me now to some harmonious theme.

From Poemata : Latin, Greek and Italian Poems by John Milton by Cowper, William

Not so his fell uncle:—he sees that the throng Impels, wildly shrieking, a female along, And well the sad spectre he knows!

From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis