times of yore

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Enough to say that of all the gods, called into being by the hopes and fears of men who dwelt in times of yore on the banks of the Nile, Osiris was the most beloved.

From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Newton, Joseph Fort

But ah! the past and all its lore   Is fading from our hearts away, And memories of the times of yore   Are all forgotten in to day!

From Lays from the West by Nicholl, M. A.

But towers that Leland saw in times of yore Are now, like Leland's works, almost no more— The antiquarian's pages, cobweb-bound, The antique mansion, levelled with the ground.

From The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.

Undergo was the job of the family, as patient as a lamb: he encouraged the blessed martyrs in times of yore, and is still in existence, though his patience has somewhat diminished.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 532, February 4, 1832 by Various

And yet I would not call them back, those blessed times of yore, For riper years are fraught with joys I dreamed not of before.

From A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) by Larcom, Lucy