blest

Example Sentences

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It is “twice blest; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes.”

From New York Times

“It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven/Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:/It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.”

From Washington Post

"The nations, not so blest as thee / Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall; / While thou shalt flourish great and free, / The dread and envy of them all."

From BBC

I blest His name that gave and took, That laid my goods now in the dust.

From The Guardian

I seek the West, and fields and mountains ever blest.

From Salon