Read full poem →as wedded with a winsome wife, Ygerne:
And daughters had she borne him,—one whereof,
Lot’s wife, the Queen of Orkney, Bellicent,
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one whereofthere whereofwhereof witnesswhereof testimonywhereof reasonwhereof receiptwhereof meanswhereof things
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Poetry examples for “whereof”
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Read full poem →Love lay upon her eyes,
And on that hair whereof the world takes heed;
And all her body was more virtuous
Read full poem →Full of sweet trees and colour of glad grass,
In midst whereof there was
A lady clothed like summer with sweet hours.
Read full poem →Yea, costlier things than wine or spices,
Whereof none knoweth how great the price is,
And fruit that comes not of the vine.
Read full poem →pen has been run, and ' Francis Beamont* wrote over the line ; even this mterlineation ap-
Mars to be very old. The second quarto appeared in l648, the title whereof mentions
rletcher singly; and the third in 1649, which has both names. The third, however, seems
Read full poem →They’re base and idle fears
Whereof the loyal conscience so complains.
Thus, by these subtle trains,
Read full poem →nation) he left the world when he was not full thirty years old. Mr.
Fletcher survived, (ind lived till almost fifty; whereof the world now en-
joys the benefit. It was once in my thoughts to have printed Mr. Flet-
Read full poem →Hear now a curious dream I dreamed last night,
Each word whereof is weighed and sifted truth.
Read full poem →(With rhymes to swear
The depths whereof)
A book to you three