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I. The wind blew high, the waters raved, A ship drove on the land, A hundred human creatures saved, Kneeled down upon the sand.

From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina

So saying, the King took a stone, And cast it softly;--but the man, With a great joy upon his face, Kneeled down, and cried not, neither ran.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

Kneeled down before service; nor do I see any impropriety in it.

From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)

The wind blew high, the waters raved, A Ship drove on the land, A hundred human creatures saved, Kneeled down upon the sand.

From A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land by Hughes, William R. (William Richard)

So saying, the king took a stone, And cast it softly: but the man, With a great joy upon his face, Kneeled down, and cried not, neither ran.

From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel