Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth, Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkn'd ways Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits.
; Subdued to Duty's hard control, , I could have borne my wayward lot: , The chains that bind this ruined soul Had cankered then—but crushed it not.
We may wish to bind ourselves to better behaviour, like Odysseus to his mast.
It seems to bind me with mighty cables that nothing but Omnipotence could break.
14 Bind the sack before it be full.
Soon she said: "O wind, blow Conrad's hat away, And make him follow as it flies, While I with my gold hair will play, And bind it up in seemly wise.
Oats (and barley) are both rich in beta glucan, a form of soluble fibre which helps bind cholesterol in the stomach and stops it from being absorbed.
It must be that "father-daughter connection" which will bind us for life.
It don't bind no more'n a ballad-book.
Their problem was to bind the black powder together again so it would be hard enough to serve as a writing instrument.
These two examples are among the more exotic things Chinese parents do for their children, but they are a perfect reminder of the generational ties that bind a Chinese family.
Their purpose is not to imprison you and bind you to each other; their purpose is to help you to grow with each other.
14 Bind the sack before it be full.
He rushed downstairs and sent somebody--they said the furnace man or somebody in the basement--out to a drug store for some oil and things to bind it up with.
When exposed to the air, n-type materials bind to oxygen atoms, give up their electrons, and turn into p-type.
: "I do not think of old age as an ever grimmer time that one must somehow make the best of, but as a time of leisure and freedom, freed from the factitious urgencies of earlier days, free to explore whatever I wish, and to bind the thoughts and feelings of a lifetime together.
" But no enemy was there to bind them and take them away, so they finally saw that they had been deceived.
When he was above, he said to the little man, "Now go and bind the old witch, and carry her before the judge.
Then the king's daughter opened the third walnut, and within it was a still more magnificent dress, which she put on, and went with her bridegroom to church, and numbers of children came who gave them flowers, and offered them gay ribbons to bind about their feet, and they were blessed by the priest, and had a merry wedding.
The King comforted her and said, "Leave thy bed-room door open this night, and my servants shall stand outside, and when he has fallen asleep shall go in, bind him, and take him on board a ship which shall carry him into the wide world.
