infold
1 Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used with or without object)
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Be wholly good to us, just as of old: As a pleased father, let thine arms infold Us, homed within the haven of thy love, And all the cheer and wholesomeness thereof.
From Afterwhiles by James Whitcomb Riley
O, well for the fortunate soul Which Music’s wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows new and old!
From May-Day and Other Pieces by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Young Carleton, believing there was nothing for him to do, spread his blanket near the fire, and, lying down, so as to infold himself from head to feet, was not long in sinking into slumber.
From Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis
With fairest images of dreams infold him, Plunge him in seas of sweet untruth!
From Faust by Bayard Taylor
In thee, Diana, I have always hoped, And still I hope in thee, who didst infold Within the holy shelter of thine arm The outcast daughter of the mighty king.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. by Kuno Francke
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