yearn
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From Time Magazine Archive
Might we not in glancing heavenward on a star so silver fair, Yearn and clasp the hands, and murmur, ‘Would to God that we were there!’
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
The saints who give thee every thought, Whose every act for thee is wrought, Yearn for thine everlasting peace, For bliss with thee, that cannot cease.
From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa
Yearn to the greatness of Nature; Rally the good in the depths of thyself!
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew
Yearn, to long, to feel tenderness towards, e.g.
From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung by Turner, Winifred
Vocabulary lists containing yearn
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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