And I alone must wither, 'mongst my friends.

From common brass whene'er thou walk'st abroad, Thou drawest silver pure, queen of thy time, 'Mongst men illumined by thy piety.

Death said: "My fellow tourists, I am going To seek for harvests in th' embattled plain; Where drums are beating, and loud trumpets blowing, There you'll be sure to meet with me again" Love said: "My friends, I mean to spend my leisure With some young couple, fresh in Hymen's bands; Or 'mongst relations, who in equal measure Have had bequeathed to them house or lands.

But if he found the lady then, The lady sadly lost, Or she had found 'mongst living men A love that was a host, I know not, till I drop my pen, And am myself a ghost.

"So there thou livest, singing evermore, And here thou livest, being ever song Of us, which living loved thee afore, And now thee worship mongst that blessed throng 340 Of heavenlie poets and heroës strong.

Mongst whome the more I seeke to settle peace, The more I fynd their malice to increace.

The greatest prince with pompous roialty: Mongst which, there in a silver dish did ly Two golden apples of unvalewd* price, Far passing those which Hercules came by, Or those which Atalanta did entice; Exceeding sweet, yet voyd of sinfull vice; That many sought, yet none could ever taste; Sweet fruit of pleasure, brought from Paradice By Love himselfe, and in his garden plaste.

But when thou theair art fyred And takest thy bugle and thy bowe, To chase on Earth the hart or doe, Thee for Diana all men knowe, Who art mongst us admired: Pan and Pomona boath rejoyce, So swaynes and nimphes with pipe and voyce.

Thys I founde (Mongst other thyngs) in haplesse

See that the tent be ready furnished By this my father and those Lords are met, Mongst whom the noble Pembrooke, like the Sunne, Out-shines the borrowed glory of the rest.

But snakes finde harbour mongst the fairest flowers, Then never credit outward semblaunces.

3. Tis very likely, let no paines be spar'd, To bring it out, if it be possible; Twere pitty such a murther should remaine Unpunished mongst Turkes and Infidels.

And thou mongst them must suffer punishment, Unlesse thou do confesse it presentlie.

Mongst many other charitable deedes, Unto religion hee hathe vowed this howse, Next to his owne fayre mantion that adjoynes And parted only by a slender wall.

Possible That mongst these desert unfrequented rocks Thou can imadgine such a thing can be As that which you call safety?

Like a tempest down the ridges, Swept the hurricane of steel, Rose the slogan of Macdonald Flashed the broadsword of Locheill! Vainly sped the withering volley 'Mongst the foremost of our band On we poured until we met them, Foot to foot, and hand to hand.

I wouldn't stay 'mongst 'em.

I just stayed round mongst the white folks nussin'.

AMONG, mixed with, is probably an abbreviation of amongst; and AMONGST, according to Tooke, is from a and mongst, or the older "Ge-meneged," Saxon for "mixed, mingled.

So lewdly dull his idle works appear, The wretched text deserves no comments here; Where one poor thought sometime's left all alone, For a whole page of dulness to atone: 'Mongst forty bad, one tolerable line, Without expression, fancy, or design.

But from time to time, I would be sitting on the floor playing by myself and they would be talking 'mongst themselves

Den dey went out in de pasture 'mongst de sheeps an' killed off some of dem.

In all the innocent vertues that become A tender spotless maid: she stains her cheeks With morning tears to purge her mothers ill, And 'mongst that sacred dew she mingles Prayers Her pure Oblations for my safe return: If I have lost the duty of a Son, If any pomp or vanity of state Made me forget my natural offices, Nay

Hung round with Curses, take thy fearful flight Into the Desarts, where 'mongst all the Monsters If thou find'st one so beastly as thy self, Thou shalt be held as innocent.

'Mongst those whom honest lives can recommend, Our Justice more compassion should extend; To such, who thee in some distress did aid, Thy debt of thanks with int'rest should be paid: 40 As Hesiod sings, spread waters o'er thy field, And a most just and glad increase 'twill yield.