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  • But thou slumberest, in baby-wise sleeping in this woeful ark; midst the darkness of the brazen rivet thou shinest and in the swart gloom sent forth; thou heedest not the deep foam of the passing wave above thy locks nor the voice of the blast as thou liest in thy purple covering, a sweet face.

    A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang

  • 'George, George!' and weeps, for thou heedest her not, and she fears thou dost not love her!

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • If thou heedest not my words, thou shalt then have to hear of the slaughter of many, for all the Kauravas accept thy opinion.

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • The bird in its nest in the thicket, —thou heedest my love-laden cries;

    Spirit to Spirit 1917

  • If thou heedest what he says, be sure that he will again beguile thee.

    Four Arthurian Romances de Troyes Chr��tien 1914

  • Is it because Thou art the Lord Almighty, and heedest nothing, that Thou art touched by no pity for Him in His affliction?

    Meditations on the Life and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. c. 1300-1361 1875

  • For thou are grown of few words with me and turnest thee from me, and seemest as if thou heedest me little.

    The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865

  • "I see thee great in thine anger, and the Norns thou heedest not."

    The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865

  • Christ's; they belong to Him who died on the cross; and though thou heedest not their sighs, He marks them all, for He has sighed like them; though there be no pity in thee, there is in Him the pity of a man, ay, and the indignation of a God! He treasures up their tears;

    Sermons on National Subjects Charles Kingsley 1847

  • Now when this news reached Kahrdash, he scorned to fight with a girl, fearing reproach; and one of his intimates said to him, "Thou art complete in all conditions of beauty and goodliness; so if thou contend with her, even though she be stronger than thou, thou must needs overcome her; for when she seeth thy beauty and grace, she will be discomfited before thee and yield thee the victory; for verily women have a need of men e'en as thou heedest full plain."

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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