stands

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Masterful man art thou for wit and strength;Yet girl-like standst thou brooding! 

From The Legends of Saint Patrick by De Vere, Aubrey

Thou standst acquitted of a heinous charge, And mayest betake thee hence whither thou wilt.

From Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles by Smith, Goldwin

Have I had all this care to do her grace, To prove her vertues and her love to thee, And standst thou fearefull now?

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

On entering, we felt as though we might hear a strange voice saying: “Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standst is holy ground.”

From From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. by Wardle, J.