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Definition of Canst
1. can [v] - See also: can
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canst
Literary usage of Canst
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1839)
"canst thou leave me thus, my Katy ? canst thou leave me thus, my Katy ? Well thou
know'st my aching heart— And canst thou leave me thus for pity ? ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"OH, LOVE SO LONG AS LOVE THOU canst oH, LOVE so long as love thou canst! Oh, love
so long thy soul have need! The hour will come, the hour will come, ..."
3. Days and Deeds: A Book of Verse for Children's Reading and Speaking by Elizabeth Shepard Butler Stevenson (1906)
"Toiler, canst thou dream, At the seam, at the plow ? Higher heritage than kings Hast
... canst thou read, in star or weed, Answer to thy heart's deep cry ? ..."
4. Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott (1895)
"... wretch 1 and what canst thou relate But deeds of sorrow, shame, and sin ?
Thy deeds are proved —thou know'st thy fate— But come, thy tale — begin ..."
5. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"Of nicely-calculated less or more ; Give all thou canst : high Heaven rejects
the lore So deemed the man who fashioned for the sense These lofty pillars, ..."
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