Example Sentences

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Eastern Java there Kneels with the native of the farthest west; And Æthiopia spreads abroad the hand, And worships.

From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Bliss, Sylvester

This is flesh and blood, sir; 'Tis not the figure cut in alabaster Kneels at my husband's tomb.

From The Duchess of Malfi by Webster, John

The calm hour strikes on yon golden gong, In tones of floating and mellow light A spreading summons to even-song: See how there The cowled night Kneels on the Eastern sanctuary-stair.

From Poems by Thompson, Francis

Lovers ride hawking; over chess delight;      The Castle of Ladies renders up its keys, Its roses all being flung; a gracious knight      Kneels to his garlander mid orchard-trees.

From The Hours of Fiammetta A Sonnet Sequence by Taylor, Rachel Annand

At the feet of the Marquis Gonzaga Kneels his lady on the floor; “Lord, grant me before I ask it The thing that I implore.”

From Poems by Howells, William Dean