Dictionary Entry

molest

Part of Speech: verbPronunciation: /məˈlɛst/Used In Literature ↓

To annoy intentionally.

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any molestmolest never

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Poetry examples for “molest”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Is gather'd to the dull of ancient days,
Safe where no critics damn, no duns molest,
Where Gildon, Banks, and high-born Howard rest.

Thy bones, I pray, may in the urn safe rest,
And may th' earth's weight thy ashes naught molest.

restless wing,
Could climb down in to molest me over the wall

But not an eye can find its way to see.
The sunbeams scarce molest me with a smile,
So thickly the leafy armies gather round;

While maidens sleep and dream.
Them care may not molest, love,
Nor stir them from their slumbers,

Of such, as wand'ring near her sacred Bow'r,
Molest her ancient solitary Reign.
Beneath those rugged Elms, that Yew-Tree's Shade,

Of such as, wandering near her secret bower,
Molest her ancient solitary reign.

Of such as, wandering near her secret bower,
Molest her ancient, solitary reign."

To some retreat the baffled writer flies, 30
Where no sour critics snarl, no sneers molest,
Safe from the tart lampoon, and stinging jest;

"desertaque regna pastorum." A MS. variation of this line mentioned
by Mitford is, "Molest and pry into her ancient reign."