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So he sang these verses: So a man's honour be unstained and free of all impair, Lo, every      garment that he dights on him is fit and fair.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John

Then at the dying of the day the feast she dights again, And, witless, once again will hear the tale of Ilium's pain; And once more hangeth on the lips that tell the tale aloud.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

Auld baudrans by the ingle sits, An’ wi’ her loof her face a-washin’; But Willie’s wife is nae sae trig, She dights her grunzie wi’ a hushion.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

Night wanes, and heaven dights her for the kiss of sun and earth; Look up, look last upon me on this morn of the kindreds’ mirth!”

From The House of the Wolfings by Morris, William

Then Beowulf dights him and leaps into the water, and is a day's while reaching the bottom.

From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous