Here if thou stay thou canst not see thy love; Besides, thy staying will abridge thy life.
Cease to lament for that thou canst not help, And study help for that which thou lament'st.
And thou canst make that desert mind Bloom sweetly as the blushing rose; Thou canstillume that rayless void Till darkness like the day-gleam glows.
Thou canst not raise their drooping lids, And wake them to the noonday sun; Thou canst not ope, what God hath closed, Or cancel aught his hands have done.
But thou canst not go back, and I can do nothing for thee!
Only in that way canst thou conciliate the Lord God who is eternally to be praised.
When thou canst bid my Leila live, 1210 Then will I sue thee to forgive; Then plead my cause in that high place Where purchased masses proffer grace.
Yet did I love thee to the last As fervently as thou,[ax] Who didst not change through all the past, And canst not alter now.
Before its evening stars are met, 210 Learn if thou there canst be forgiven: Its mercy may absolve thee yet.
Perchance 'tis feigned, perchance sincere, But false or true thou canst not tell; So much hast thou from all to fear, In that unconquerable spell.
He suffered for kind acts to men Who have not seen his like again, At least of kingly stock Since he was good, and thou but great Thou canst not quarrel with thy fate.
And I can smile to think how weak Thine efforts shortly shall be shown, When all the vengeance thou canst wreak Must fall upon--a nameless stone.
Thou canst not murder more than now: I've lived to curse my natal day, And Love, that thus can lingering slay.
One scene even thou canstnot deform-- The limit of thy sloth or speed When future wanderers bear the storm Which we shall sleep too sound to heed.
I have lost for that faith more than thou canst bestow, As the God who permits thee to prosper doth know; In his hand is my heart and my hope--and in thine The land and the life which for him I resign.
But talk no more of penitence; Thou seest I soon shall part from hence: And if thy holy tale were true, The deed that's done canst thou undo?
Hast thou no friends where thou canst go to spend the night?
But thou canst travel on Sundays to lead rogues into lurking-holes.
Dolt think that, after all the pains I have been at to get an answer, thou canst banter me with such sham stuff as this?
Canst thou comprehend this, that thou art more beautiful by many times than any other woman I have ever seen?
Little one of mighty words, only the great sahibs that come from afar, and Warwick Sahib himself, may hunt the tiger, so howcanst thou, little worthless?
Canst thou think me so false and treacherous,--a heart pledged to thee?
Be it so; but there are many other things of which thoucanst not say, 'I am not formed for them by nature.
Only, if in truth thou canst be charged with being rather slow and dull of comprehension, thou must exert thyself about this also, not neglecting nor yet taking pleasure in thy dulness.
This pearl of eternity is the Church, a temple of God within thee, the consecrated place of Divine worship, where alone thou canst worship God in spirit and in truth.
Go now and do thou kill the beast; thou canst see that there is no one else who is forward to do it.
Then Thorhall said, "Things have taken a good turn against thy coming, for every night Glam has been wont to ride the roofs or break up the doors, even as thou canst see.
Thou canst order thy officers; thou canst not order me," and as I spoke I cast so hard that I crushed the box.
O where hastow ben hid so longe in muwe, That canst so wel and formely arguwe?
Tel thou thy neces cas,' quod Deiphebus To Pandarus, `for thou canst best it telle.
Him also must thou slay before thou canst take the priceless treasure.
And he to me: "If thou thy star do follow, Thou canst not fail thee of a glorious port, If well I judged in the life beautiful.
And he: "They are among the blacker souls; A different sin downweighs them to the bottom; If thou so far descendest, thou canst see them.
Hence thou canst understand, that wholly dead Will be our knowledge from the moment when The portal of the future shall be closed.
And he to me: "Across the turbid waves What is expected thou canst now discern, If reek of the morass conceal it not.
There end thy brave, and turn thy face in peace; We grant thou canst outscold us: fare thee well; We hold our time too precious to be spent With such a brabbler.
What canst thou say, but will perplex thee more, If thou stand excommunicate and curs'd?
And David said to him: Canst thou bring me to this company?
Now therefore if thou have any thing at hand, though it were but five loaves, give me, or whatsoever thou canst find.
Canst now have these maidens taken to a place of calm and safety, where some of the peasant women may minister to them?
Thou art still a friend though thou canst not, or wilt not, stand shoulder to shoulder with me in the conflict.
Canst think of any plan, Peter, by which we may effect our escape?
Edgar, thou didst accomplish the impossible in rescuing me--canst do anything to rescue the maid?
Look closely, Peter, and see if thoucanst discern such a bank anywhere.
Surely thou hast all thou canst desire--knighthood and a goodly fame, the earl's approval: what more canst wish for?
The plan soundeth well if the bracket will hold thy weight, and thou canst reach up to get upon it all cumbered with thine irons.
Nay, if thou wilt give me a lighted lantern fixed upon a short pole, I will, I promise thee, rid thy house of these cut-throats until such time as thou canst bring help.
Thou canst act well and strongly in the lists--art lost when the real need comes outside?
Food and another horse thoucanst get, Edgar, as thou art passing through the camp.
But how canst dream of escape when the courtyard is held by the enemy?
Knave, get thee to work at once and do it over again, or I will beat thee so thou canst not stand.
All is done that can be done, and thou canst rest content.
All is well, Father, and thou canst take up the threads where they fell when thou wert stolen away.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "canst" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
