I sicken at the very thought; thy locks, old man, are gray, Thy baldness and thy trembling hand a doting age betray.

V. be dishonest &c adj.; play false; break one's word, break one's faith, break one's promise; jilt, betray, forswear; shuffle &c (lie) 544; live by one's wits, sail near the wind.

As we approach the open door "The noises intermix'd, which thence resound, Do learning's little tenement betray; Where sits the dame disguised in look profound, And eyes her fairy throng, and turns her wheel around.

Thou mightest betray Helladia.

ON THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE Mortal joys, however pure, Soon their turbid source betray; Mortal bliss, however sure, Soon must totter and decay.

That, where I tread, e'en on the healthiest spot, Ere long the blooming faces round betray The anguish'd features of a ling'ring death.