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Thus, meditation on Sweet Peas Impels the ardent thought, Would maidens all were more like these, With modesty—that true heartsease— Tying the lover's knot.

From Poems Vol. IV by Howard, Hattie

Not so his fell uncle:—he sees that the throng Impels, wildly shrieking, a female along, And well the sad spectre he knows!

From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis

Spring gives them, and, how strange soere it seem, Impels me now to some harmonious theme.

From Poemata : Latin, Greek and Italian Poems by John Milton by Cowper, William

L. 'Tis hate of bigotry, they glibly shout, Impels their tolerance: Oh! take that word And bid the feet of License crush it out; For License now is undisputed lord.

From The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Skeats, Wilfred S.

Thus, while around the wave-subjected soil Impels the native to repeated toil, Industrious habits in each bosom reign, And industry begets a love of gain.

From A Wanderer in Holland by Marshall, Herbert, R. W .S.