grovel
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Grovel on the earth! ay, hide In the dust thy purple pride!'
From Adonais by Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Grovel not in things below, among earthly cares, pleasures, anxieties, toils, if thou wouldst have a good strong hope on high.
From Daily Strength for Daily Needs by Tileston, Mary W.
Grovel, grov′el, v.i. to crawl on the earth, esp. in abject fear, &c.: to be base or mean:—pr.p. grov′elling; pa.p. grov′elled.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
While C�sar's chambers, and the Augustan halls, Grovel on earth in indistinct decay.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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