infold

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Oh! speechless transport! mute let me infold thee!

From The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage by Moses, Montrose Jonas

In thee, Diana, I have always hoped, And still I hope in thee, who didst infold Within the holy shelter of thine arm The outcast daughter of the mighty king.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. by Francke, Kuno

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

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 Pope, Alexander

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