Word: wilt
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...dear friend, a boon if thou wilt...
Fond fool! to hope that thou wilt...
...When wilt thou come, my love...
...WHAT THOU WILT;and I will engage to prove that any action that any one may take a fancy to is at least not wrong according to the glorious doctrine of probabilities, the last apotheosis of this philanthropic system...
...poem; indeed, if used with taste and skill, it may constitute the poem itself; but how much more true feeling there is in a sentiment when plainly and simply expressed, than when it is encumbered with an excess of figurative language! For instance, compare the two expressions: "Wilt thou remember me?" and "Wilt thou preserve me in thy memory's shrine?" Who will question the superiority of the former? And is it not also more truly poetical...