infold

Example Sentences

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What but the love of God infold them when father and mother had failed.

From In Wild Rose Time by Douglas, Amanda M.

In thee, Diana, I have always hop'd, And still I hope in thee, who didst infold Within the holy shelter of thine arm The outcast daughter of the mighty king.

From Iphigenia in Tauris by Swanwick, Anna

Not one save him—him—whose love had broken down all barriers that it might reach and infold her.

From Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame by Allen, James Lane

But you, like Pallas, ev'ry limb infold With royal robes, and bid him shine in gold; Touched by your hand his manly frame improves65 With grace divine, and like a god he moves.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander

The mountains that infold, In their wide sweep, the coloured landscape round, Seem groups of giant kings, in purple and gold, That guard the enchanted ground.

From The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book by Ontario. Ministry of Education