molest
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Save that from yonder Ivy-mantled Tow'r The mopeing Owl does to the Moon complain Of such, as wand'ring near her sacred Bow'r, Molest her ancient solitary Reign.
From An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript by Gray, Thomas
I distinctly caught the lines—— "Of such as wandering near her sacred bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign."
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various
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 is rather a hard word, Mr. Ormsby.
From The Scarlet Feather by Grefé, Will
Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient, solitary reign.
From Voices for the Speechless by Firth, Abraham
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