misdeem

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I noticed her a suitress at thy knees, And much misdeem or promise-bound thou stand'st To Thetis past recall, to exalt her son, And Greeks to slaughter thousands at the ships.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Nor say I this for that I aught misdeem   That Egypt's promised succors fail us might,   Doubtful of my great master's words to seem   To me were neither lawful, just, nor right!

From Jerusalem Delivered by Fairfax, Edward

Others rub hard large masses, and essay To polish into white what they misdeem The growing green of many trackless years.

From Gebir by Landor, Walter Savage

Tho’ something like moisture conglobes in my eye, Let no one misdeem me disloyal; A poor friendless wand’rer may well claim a sigh, Still more, if that wand’rer were royal.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

The doubt which ye misdeem, fair love, is vain, That fondly fear to lose your liberty; When, losing one, two liberties ye gain, And make him bound that bondage erst did fly.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)