thyself

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She was herself a poet and she wrote to Lowell after they became engaged I love thee for thyself--thyself alone For that great soul whose breath most full and rare Shall to humanity a message bear Flooding their dreary waste with organ tone Under such inspiration, "the Spence negligence" left him, and with rapid steps he entered the temple of fame.

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  1. pronoun Archaic Yourself. Used as the reflexive or emphatic form of thee or thou.

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  • Preach to thyself, then if thou acceptest the preaching, preach to mankind, and if not, be ashamed before Me. —  Mystics and Saints of Islam
  • Let us depart And lead, thyself, the way; but give me, first If thou have one already hewn) a staff To lean on, for ye have described the road Rugged, and ofttimes dang'rous to the foot So saying, his tatter'd wallet o'er his back He cast, suspended by a leathern twist Eumæus gratified him with a staff And forth they went, leaving the cottage kept 240 By dogs and swains. —  The Odyssey of Homer
  • That perfect sacrifice is as available to thy soul as if thou hadst offered it thyself, and this day ye have the benefit of his prayers in heaven. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
  • Or if thou go about to refresh thyself and satisfy thy challenges by thy own attainments in religion, and by reflection upon thy own heart and ways, finding something in thy esteem that may counterbalance thy evils, and so give thee some confidence of God’s favour, those, I say, are but deceitful things, and will never either quench the displeasure of God for thy sins, but rather add fuel to it, because thou justifiest thyself, which is an abomination before him. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
  • Let not any thing of that kind be the rule of thy self judging, but rather entertain the view of the other side of thyself, that is the worst, and keep that most in thy eye, that thou may only glory in God. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
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