dower,

And give your offspring, these, as flesh and dower,

Freedom, Truth and Beauty Edward Doyle

In the time of autumn, &c. Since that the franchise was their dower,

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 3, 1891 Various

And one would worship a woman whom all perfections dower,

The Certain Hour James Branch Cabell 1918

And one would worship a woman whom all perfections dower,

The Certain Hour 1916

And one would worship a woman whom all perfections dower,

The Certain Hour 1909

To those whose life hath nought but soul for dower,

Songs and Hymns of the Earliest Greek Christian Poets 1808-1896 1876

Borne like a gift, the young wife's natural dower,

Dreams and Days: Poems George Parsons Lathrop 1874

Were she fairer than Venus, with a kingdom to her dower,

The Chaplet of Pearls Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

2461: Hath brought me vp to be your daughters dower,

All's Well That Ends Well (1623 First Folio Edition) 1623