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When a U. S. President enters the White House, Father Time knows where to find him for the next four years and generally hies himself to Paris, there to split seconds as the Premiers fall.

From Time Magazine Archive

A wise man, with fine theories to air, hies him to the most important conference or institute that will admit him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Merrill blithely quits his insurance job, hies to the highlands and begins a life of happy isolation.

From Time Magazine Archive

“You are now thirteen,” the man said, “and I have in my hies an agreement for this arrangement signed by Kapugen and Naka.”

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

The gloaming hies away like one forbid; And day returns, and shadows on the grass Fall from the trees; and night and morn amass No joys for me this side the coffin-lid.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric