infold
Example Sentences
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With fairest images of dreams infold him, Plunge him in seas of sweet untruth!
From Faust by Bayard Taylor
A great hush brooded around; and yet not so awful was that intense stillness as the solemn calm which seemed to infold the quiet figure sitting so silently in the midst.
From Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life by Grace Beaumont
Be wholly good to us, just as of old: As a pleased father, let thine arms infold Us, homed within the haven of thy love, And all the cheer and wholesomeness thereof.
From Afterwhiles by James Whitcomb Riley
But you, like Pallas, ev'ry limb infold With royal robes, and bid him shine in gold; Touched by your hand his manly frame improves65 With grace divine, and like a god he moves.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
In thee, Diana, I have always hop'd, And still I hope in thee, who didst infold Within the holy shelter of thine arm The outcast daughter of the mighty king.
From Iphigenia in Tauris by Anna Swanwick
