bespeak
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His imaged birds and painted bowl, And venison, for a journey dressed, Bespeak the nature of the soul, Activity, that wants no rest.
From The Haunted Hour An Anthology by Widdemer, Margaret
The forest weaves, Around your couch, its shroud of leaves; While shadows dim and silence deep, Bespeak the quiet of your sleep.
From Poems by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
Bespoke, be-spōk′, Bespoken, be-spōk′n, pa.p. of Bespeak, ordered, as boots, clothes, &c.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Elijah comes—Elijah, he whose rays Bespeak the Lord of Glory, from whose light All splendors, paling, hide their tapers dim.
From Elias An Epic of the Ages by Whitney, Orson F.
Her playful smile, her buoyance wild, Bespeak the gentle, mirthful child; But in her forehead's broad expanse, Her chastened tones, her thoughtful glance, Is mingled, with the child's light glee, The modest maiden's dignity.
From The Heir of Redclyffe by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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