infold

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A mad love, indeed; she went nearer to the gleaming waters; they seemed to rise and infold her; the water-lilies seemed to hold her up.

From A Mad Love by Brame, Charlotte M.

The mountains that infold, In their wide sweep, the colored landscape round, Seem groups of giant kings, in purple and gold, That guard the enchanted ground.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry

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 Swanwick, Anna

That is— Oh! lest my son should suffer cold, Him in his father’s coat infold, Lest cold should seize my darling fair, For her, her mother’s robe prepare.

From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Owen, Elias

The poet must hasten on, he must infold and bind together, he must be direct and synthetic in every act.

From Whitman A Study by Burroughs, John