forbear
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Forbear, Platonic fools! t'inquire What numbers do the soul compose; No harmony can life inspire But that which from these accents flows.
From A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers by Various
Forbear: lest thy proud words provoke worse ill.
From Heathen Mythology by Various
It surely was the Echo to my fears, The whistling wind, perhaps, which mimick'd voice; But thrice methought it loudly cry'd, "Forbear."
From The Prince of Parthia A Tragedy by Moses, Montrose Jonas
Forbear, I'm dying; hush, I know it well.
From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various
Forbear the dream, or let the vow be told.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Vocabulary lists containing forbear
Romeo and Juliet
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Grade 11, List 6
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The Hobbit
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