molest
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No; she will never weep the tears Which thou would'st Virtue's deign to call; Nor will they, in remoter years, Molest her Father's heart at all.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle
"Molest us not, son," said one of them to the sentry.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
But thee may no such boisterous visitants Molest; may gentle breezes fan thy brow; And neither cloud conceal, nor misty air Bedim, the grand terraqueous spectacle, 10 From centre to circumference, unveiled!
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William
Yes, they shall shudder—but will that, henceforth, Molest my privacy, or shake my power?
From Count Julian by Landor, Walter Savage
Again, in the Elegy: "Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The mopeing owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign."
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