So long as thou dost not besprinkle those same bodies with thy water, there is no salvation for these same Sagara's sons.

how the morning dews They sweep, that from their feet besprinkling drop Dispersed, and leave a track oblique behind.

And in sickness, if night had been sparing of sleep, How cheerful, at sunrise, the hill where I stood, 30 Looking down on the kine, and our treasure of sheep That besprinkled the field; 'twas like youth in my blood!

Soon as evening gray Advances slow, besprinkling all around With kind refreshing dews the thirsty glebe, The stately elephant from the close shade With step majestic strides, eager to taste The cooler breeze, that from the sea-beat shore Delightful breathes, or in the limpid stream To lave his panting sides; joyous he scents The rich repast, unweeting of the death 280 That lurks within.

Guianerius prescribes the air to be moistened with water, and sweet herbs boiled in it, vine, and sallow leaves, &c., [3190] to besprinkle the ground and posts with rosewater, rose-vinegar, which Avicenna much approves.

He besprinkled his head with ashes, hastened, and delayed not, until he stood before the gate of Paradise.

The summers besprinkled with sunshine, The hillsides a riot of bloom With meadows a color shot grandeur And valleys as still as a tomb.

It looks like a flower besprinkled meadow.

And thus full of faith he laboured on, telling the people of these scattered islands, which besprinkle the southern ocean like stars in the milky way, of the love of Christ.

Mr. Buckle's own book would not have been half so entertaining as it is, if he had not, with the most natural inconsistency, plentifully besprinkled his pages with biographical details, some of which are not incorrect.

Nevertheless, while Agnes was kneeling at her evening-prayers, the old dame consoled herself with a soliloquy, as with a brush she vigorously besprinkled the premises with holy water.

It is equally unpleasant as "little woman" or "dearie," both of which besprinkle all his sentences.

" Others there be, whose parts stand not so much towards Tall Words and Lofty Notions, but consist in scattering up and down and besprinkling all their sermons with plenty of Greek and Latin.