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She, the wisefast In words, that the will had wax'd in her
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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The bench-voice wax'd brighter, gave forth the birlers
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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For their welfare naught wax'd he, but for felling in slaughter,
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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And the eyes of the feasters wax'd deadly and chill,
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841 Various
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Till heaven wax'd blind, and till the world were done.
Ubique 1919
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At the thought full joyous wax'd the youthful knight.
National Epics Kate Milner Rabb 1901
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Till heaven wax'd blind, and till the world were done.
Tudor and Stuart Love Songs John Potter Briscoe 1887
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That bringeth all things good, wax'd pale, and straight
Helen of Troy Andrew Lang 1878
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The King wax'd pale, and ask'd what this might be?
Helen of Troy Andrew Lang 1878
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