Since, then, I too exist, why do I seek that Thou shouldest enter into me, who were not, wert Thou not in me?
For to Thee being perfect, is their imperfection displeasing, and hence were they perfected by Thee, and please Thee; not as wert Thou imperfect, and by their perfecting wert also to be perfected.
Bonie wee thing, cannie wee thing, Lovely wee thing, wert thou mine, I wad wear thee in my bosom, Lest my jewel it should tine.
The ribband shall its freedom lose-- Lose all the bliss it had with you, And share the fate I would impose On thee, wert thou my captive too.
Then she chid him tenderly and repeated the following verses: Wert thou indeed a lover true and leal, Thou hadst not suffered slumber on thee creep.
Thou hast neither strength nor skill for wrestling, but thou thinkest that, wert thou on horseback and couldst wheel about and ply me with thy sword, I had been slain long ago.
By Allah, wert thou to offer me two hundred dinars for the piece of camel-cloth on her head, I would not sell it to thee!
Wert thou to appear now in Memphis in transparent robes, the priests would be glad if thou wouldst take part in processions.
Wert thou to inquire of the sun what he thinks of this world's affairs, he would tell thee things still more curious.
But whatever happens, I shall not forget thy services, wert thou even to avoid me still more than at present.
Lovely wee thing, wert thou mine, I wad wear thee in my bosom, Lest my jewel I should tine!
Bonnie wee thing, cannie wee thing, Lovely wee thing, wert thou mine, I wad wear thee in my bosom, Lest my jewel I should tine.
Wert thou not my brother, I would not take this hand from thy throat till this other had pull'd out thy tongue for saying so.
Suppose this arm is for the Duke of York, And this for Rutland; both bound to revenge, Wert thou environ'd with a brazen wall.
Wert thou to speed through the immensity of space and traverse the expanse of heaven, yet thou wouldst find no rest save in submission to Our command and humbleness before Our Face.
Pleasant is the realm of being, wert thou to attain.
Wert thou to ask from the worldly wise of this generation about this exposition, thou wouldst witness their incapacity to grasp it.
Wert thou to be told in what place I dwell, the first person to have mercy on Me would be thyself.
This, verily, is what God hath chosen for thee, wert thou of them that turn unto Him.
For the material world is not comparable to a single wing of a fly, or rather less in the sight of thy Lord, wert thou of those who know!
Wert thou to expend all that is in the earth, thou wouldst not appreciate her due value.
Truly, I say unto thee, wert thou informed of that felicity which thy babe hath attained in the worlds of God, thy breast would be dilated and thy soul would be purified.
Wert thou to incline thine inner ear unto all created things, thou wouldst hear: “The Ancient of Days is come in His great glory!
Wert thou to quaff the mystic Wine of everlasting life from the chalice of the words of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, thou wouldst be enabled to forsake all that thou dost possess and to proclaim My Name before all mankind.
For otherwise, wert thou to interpret these words according to their outward meaning, thou couldst never prove the truth of the Cause of Him Who came after Jesus, nor silence the opponents, nor prevail over the contending disbelievers.
Wert thou to incline thine ear unto My speech and observe My counsel, God would exalt thee to so eminent a position that the designs of no man on the whole earth could ever touch or hurt thee.
Wert thou to incline thine inner ear unto all created things, thou wouldst hear: ‘The Ancient of Days is come in His great glory!
Or wert thouone of the accursed banditti Who wrought such outrage on fair Germany?
Wert thou a warrior or a sage, And did the laurel deck thy brow?
Wert thou reared in the athenaeum, Or were thy haunts among the gay?
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wert thou" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
