Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great Anna, whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take-and sometimes tea."
"Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism"
F. V. N. Painter
There is no answer: seed of black defeat She then did sow, and France nigh unto death foredoom.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
But if their secret will is manifest In blind decrees of sheer omnipotence, That punish where no fault is found, and smite The poor with undeserved calamity, And pierce the undefended in the dark With arrows of injustice, and foredoom The innocent to burn in endless pain, I will not call this fierce almightiness Divine.
"The Poems of Henry Van Dyke"
Henry Van Dyke