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The Gods have blest my rite to-day, And with the sight of thee repaid The preparations I have made.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Welcome all The houres that governe pleasure, but be slow When you have blest me with my wishes.

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

He passed on then, with a melancholy nod and averted eyes, but Vaughan could have blest him for that "we."

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.

During the whole of my journey three nights out of four I have fallen asleep struggling and resolving to lie awake, and, awaking, have blest the scream which delivered me from the reluctant sleep….

From Poems of Coleridge by Symons, Arthur

Go, gather thy garlands, and lay them   As a crown on his brow, many-tressed, But our feet shall refrain not nor stay them:   'Tis the joy that the Muses have blest.

From The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse by Murray, Gilbert