behold
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Now the hungry lion roars, And the wolf behowls the moon; Whilst the heavy ploughman snores, All with weary task foredone.
From The Children's Garland from the Best Poets by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
Now the hungry lion roars, And the wolf behowls the moon; Whilst the heavy ploughman snores All with weary task foredone, &c.
From Literary Remains, Volume 2 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
No wonder, poor fellow, if he behowls himself lustily, and not always wisely, to Cecil, and every one else who will listen to him.
From Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time by Kingsley, Charles
Now the hungry lion roars, And the wolf behowls the moon; Whilst the heavy ploughman snores, All with weary task fordone.
From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
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