You must o'ertake the lie, my lord, ere winds Be up with 't.
If the way be drear, If the foe be near, Let not faithless fear o'ertake us, Let not faith and hope forsake us; For through many a foe To our home we go!
When the woes of life o'ertake me, Hopes deceive, and fears annoy, Never shall the cross forsake me; Lo!
And I wot, there shall ill o'ertake thee, and God knoweth what shall befall, But I pray that the end be joyful!
Turn aside, ere thy death o'ertake thee, for life should be dear to thee!
So may that blessing or that curse o'ertake thee, As thou obeyest or disobeyest my will.
I will o'ertake thee, Cleopatra, and Weep for my pardon.
Exit EROS I will o'ertake thee, Cleopatra, and Weep for my pardon.
Would I might never O'ertake pursu'd success, but I do feel, By the rebound of yours, a grief that smites My very heart at root.
In spite of that, I give thee liberty, And with thy person leave thy honour free; But to thy wishes move a speedy pace, Or death will soon o'ertake thee in the chase.
Poor Orazia, time and fate Must once o'ertake me, though I now should fly.
Twill be much Both for your honour better and your cause; For if the trial of the law o'ertake ye You'll part away disgrac'd.
Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day, And make me travel forth without my cloak, To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way, Hiding thy brav'ry in their rotten smoke?
A short alarum; then enter the town with soldiers] O'ertake me if thou canst; I scorn thy strength.
Day after day, with their Indian guides, the maiden and Basil Followed his flying steps, and thought each day to o'ertake him.
See how she leaps, as the blasts o'ertake her, And speeds away with a bone in her mouth!
Behind him, A poor old woman, with a rosary, Follows the sound, and seems to wish her feet Were swifter to o'ertake him.
Should swift death this night o'ertake us, And command us to the tomb, May the morn in heaven awake us, Clad in bright, eternal bloom.
In grace Thy care then make me, May evil ne'er o'ertake me, Thou Shepherd Lord of Israel!
Henceforth from merry meeting / shall nevermore o'ertake King or his faithful kinsmen / what here our meed hath been.
When by the dogs pursued / the bear away did run, None there that could o'ertake him / but Siegfried alone.
The fear of hell o'ertake them, whosoe'er they be.
With vengeance o'ertake the confederate foe: 'Tis now we may rival our heroes of yore!
But I sink the pretension as fearing a man may o'ertake God's own speed in the one way of love: I abstain, for love's sake!
But I sink the pretension as fearing a man may o'ertake God's own speed in the one way of love: I abstain for love's sake.
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