infold
Example Sentences
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In thee, Diana, I have always hop'd, And still I hope in thee, who didst infold Within the holy shelter of thine arm The outcast daughter of the mighty king.
From Iphigenia in Tauris by Swanwick, Anna
He lends his gaze evasively Over the printed page that she Recurs to, with a new-moon shoulder Glimpsed from the lace-mists that infold her.
From Afterwhiles by Riley, James Whitcomb
Pauline stood lost in delight; the perfume seemed to float in from the moonlight and infold her.
From Love Works Wonders A Novel by Brame, Charlotte M.
That is— Oh! lest my son should suffer cold, Him in his father’s coat infold, Lest cold should seize my darling fair, For her, her mother’s robe prepare.
From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Owen, Elias
The mountains that infold, In their wide sweep, the colored landscape round, Seem groups of giant kings, in purple and gold, That guard the enchanted ground.
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry
