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He long survives, who lives an hour In ocean, self-upheld; And so long he, with unspent power, His destiny repell'd; And ever, as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried 'Adieu!'

From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various

With Europe all in throes, Though twenty years she now already knows, She has refused to marry, although oft Entreated.

From Poems by Hugo, Victor

Entreated by Frank, however, he asked David to go and stay at his house, till his mother returned home.

From The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)

Entreated you againe to have come behind me.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

In low tones With the sweet modesty of innocence, She told that Conrad offered her his heart, And in the tender confidence of trust Entreated counsel from her changeless friend.

From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard