beguiles

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Wanton droll, whose harmless play Beguiles the rustic's closing day, When drawn the evening fire about, Sit aged crone and thoughtless lout; Come, show thy tricks and sportive graces, Thus circled round with merry faces.

From Baby Chatterbox by Anonymous

In front, the good Evander, old and grey, Moves 'twixt Æneas and his youthful heir, And oft with various converse, as they stray, Beguiles the lightened labour of the way.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

He sees the streets, the concourse dim, They hold no interest for him; And if some murmur upward floats He heeds not, but with pensive notes Beguiles the hour.

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher

The self-same sport that crowns the day   Of many a Syrian shepherd's son, Beguiles the little lads at play   By night in stately Babylon.

From A Little Book of Western Verse by Field, Eugene

Shakespeare, with that wide extent of knowledge which enabled him to draw similes from every department of human thought, says that "Gloster's show Beguiles him, as the mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers."

From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Holden, Edward Singleton