beguile

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And maiden Pallas … did some strange god's face Beguile her, that she craved for loveliness, Who chose from God one virgin gift above All gifts, and fleeth from the lips of love?

From The Trojan women of Euripides by Euripides

I wished that I could be the maid To serve your meal or crumb your cloth, or Beguile some hazard to my aid To know your verdict on that author!

From Mince Pie by Morley, Christopher

Or whether she may not yet return, today, And with a heart that is a nymph's, a soul That is a nun's, Beguile me back to doting?

From The Immortal Lure by Rice, Cale Young

All merrily the little dears Throw snowballs in each other's ears; And thus with pretty playful ways Beguile the white and wintry days.

From Children of Our Town by Mars, E. (Ethel)

The nights are full of music, Melodious Teuton troops Beguile us, calmly smoking, On balconies and stoops.

From Point Lace and Diamonds by Day, Francis