bid welcome

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How do the Blackbird and Thrassel with their melodious voices bid welcome to the cheerful Spring, and in their fixed months warble forth such ditties as no art or instrument can reach to!

From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak

You have endured much and suffered much, queen, but your heart is pure and without guilt; therefore you may now, with a clear conscience, bid welcome to happiness also.

From Henry VIII and His Court by Pierce, Henry Niles

It was of Eastern origin, having been brought from the Holy 20 Land; and the mixture of the cymbals and bells seemed to bid welcome at once, and defiance, to the knights as they advanced.

From Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by Hartwell, E. C. (Ernest Clark)

O Nature, thee, in the soft winds, Thee, in the soothing sound of summer leaves, When the still earth lies sultry; thee, methinks, Ev'n now I hear bid welcome to thy vales And woods again!

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by Gilfillan, George

If any man shall kisse any maid, widdow or wife, except to bid welcome or farewell, wthout his Lopps consent, he shall have punishment as his Lopp shall thinke convenient.

From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.