When to the lake's sun-dimpled marge the bright procession
wends, The languid lilies raise their heads as though to greet their friends; When down the river-banks they roam, The white moon-lady leads them home.
The youth
wended, feeling that Nature was of his mind.
when the soft wind "with his sweet breath inspired hath in every holt and heath the tender crops"; when the little birds make new songs, then "longen folk to go on pilgrimages, and palmers for to seeken strange lands, and especially from every shire's end of England, to Canterbury they
wend."
Miss Nickleby's reflections, as she
wended her way homewards, were of that desponding nature which the occurrences of the morning had been sufficiently calculated to awaken.
Thus resolving, with a kind of sullen resignation, if such a term may be allowed, I
wended my way to Ryecote Farm, scarcely expecting to find its owner within at this time of day, but hoping to learn in what part of the premises he was most likely to be found.
Choose such men as thou dost need, and go thou east while I will
wend to the west, and see that each of us bringeth back some goodly guest to dine this day beneath the greenwood tree."
Ah, go warily, fair sir; this is a mightier emprise than I
wend."
The boy mused awhile over the substantial change which had taken place in his worldly circumstances, and then
wended toward headquarters to report.
Adam Ladd
wended his way to the principal's office in a thoughtful mood.
But as he
wended to the Ghost Mountain Umslopogaas thought rather of axe Groan-Maker than of Maid Zinita; for ever, at the bottom, Umslopogaas loved war more than women, though this has been his fate, that women have brought sorrow on his head.
Then the husband, bidding farewell to all his friends, stretched himself upon another bier, upon which were laid seven little loaves of bread and a pitcher of water, and he also was let down-down-down to the depths of the horrible cavern, and then a stone was laid over the opening, and the melancholy company
wended its way back to the city.
After having thanked his fellow citizens, Cornelius proceeded to his old paternal house, and gave directions for some repairs, which he wished to have executed before the arrival of his wife and children; and thence he
wended his way to the house of his godson, who perhaps was the only person in Dort as yet unacquainted with the presence of Cornelius in the town.