Example Sentences

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The camel, at the close of day Kneels down upon the sandy plain To have his burden lifted off And rest again.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James

The title of the poem was, "My Lover Kneels to None but God."

From Aftermath by Allen, James Lane

Lovers ride hawking; over chess delight;      The Castle of Ladies renders up its keys, Its roses all being flung; a gracious knight      Kneels to his garlander mid orchard-trees.

From The Hours of Fiammetta A Sonnet Sequence by Taylor, Rachel Annand

This is flesh and blood, sir; 'Tis not the figure cut in alabaster, Kneels at my husband's tomb.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes

Eastern Java there Kneels with the native of the farthest west; And Æthiopia spreads abroad the hand, And worships.

From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Bliss, Sylvester