soothes

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To no cold ear was that appeal prefer'd; With glowing bosom grateful England heard; With liberal hand she pours the prompt relief, Soothes the sick head, and wipes the tear of grief.

From Poems (1828) by Gent, Thomas

Full of bliss she takes the token,   And, upon her snowy breast, Soothes the ruffled petals broken   With the ocean's fierce unrest.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

How long, unhappy! shall thy sorrows flow, And thy heart waste with life-consuming woe: Mindless of food, or love, whose pleasing reign Soothes weary life, and softens human pain?

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander

In the rock's gloomy crevice the bright holly grows: The ivy waves fresh o'er the withering rose, And the evergreen love of a virtuous wife Soothes the roughness of care—cheers the winter of life.

From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert

The water there, Variously dappled by the wreathed sand That sleeps below in many an antic shape, Like the mild plumage of the pheasant-hen Soothes the beholder's eye.

From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by Wilson, John Lyde