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descry

[dih-skrahy] / dɪˈskraɪ /


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Thou to me Art foreign, as when seamen at the dawn Descry a land far off, and know not which.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Thou to me Art foreign, as when seamen at the dawn Descry a land far off and know not which.

From Underwoods by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The lines are from an address to the Deity: How, Unapproached! shall mind of man Descry Thy dazzling throne, And pierce and find Thee out, and scan Where Thou dost dwell alone?

From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron

Nothing at all, it is a high wrought Flood: I cannot 'twixt the Heauen, and the Maine, Descry a Saile    Mon.

From Othello by Shakespeare, William

Adown and round the castle's steep, I let my glances wander; But cannot from the dizzy keep, Descry it, there or yonder.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various




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