disport

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But tell me, Jakko, dost thou see The same old sprightly crew Disport with unembarrassed glee, As we were wont to do?

From Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses by Kendall, John (AKA Dum-Dum)

The Maidens' Song Young maidens, fair maidens, Friends and companions, Disport yourselves, maidens, Arouse yourselves, fair ones.

From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Spalding, Henry

The Maying and Disport is better known as the Complaynt of a Lover's Life, or the Complaynt of the Black Knight.

From The Story of Books by Rawlings, Gertrude Burford

Disport yourselves, soaring very high in the sunny heavens, or take your rest on our roofs.

From A Child's Book of Saints by Robinson, T. H. (Thomas Heath)

These early productions, which survive only in fragments, included The Porteous of Noblenes, The Knightly Tale of Golagros and Gawane, Sir Eglamoure of Artoys, The Maying or Disport of Chaucer, and several others.

From The Story of Books by Rawlings, Gertrude Burford