befall

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Now take, thyself, the coffer’s lid in charge; Girdle it quickly with a cord, lest loss Befall thee on thy way, while thou perchance Shalt sleep secure on board the sable bark.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

"Great Lord!" answered the charioteer, "this comes In many forms to all men; griefs and wounds, Sickness and tetters, palsies, leprosies, Hot fevers, watery wastings, issues, blains Befall all flesh and enter everywhere."

From The Light of Asia by Arnold, Edwin, Sir

His hearty love, not his unhappy case, Befall to such as triumph in your grace.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

Befall thee shall a fate so drear—    To honied words we list so fain.

From The Return of the Dead and Other Ballads by Borrow, George Henry

I heard Men say his temper's in an awful state; Therefore beware lest some untoward fate Befall you; and—I do not think I'll wait.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 8, 1917 by Various