forsook
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The very birds that winged that air, The very deer that harboured there, Forsook the glade and leafy brake And followed for the hermit's sake.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
A Turkey, tired of common food, Forsook the barn, and sought the wood; Behind her ran her infant train, Collecting here and there a grain.
From Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse by Weir, Harrison
His searching eye glanced on her countenance, He coloured crimson deep, and the proud sneer Forsook his lip, and, like a lion tamed, He showed him gentlest where he least intended.
From Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts by Sargant, Jane Alice
Two Seidlitz powders, one in blue And one in white, together drew And having each a pleasant sense Of t'other powder's excellence, Forsook their jackets for the snug Enjoyment of a common mug.
From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose
The father next, who erst by Heaven's command Forsook his home, and sought the promised land; The hallow'd scene of wide-redeeming grace: And to the care of Heaven consign'd his race.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
