Frequently, in old poetry

Usage examples of oft.

He groaneth oft, and sighs amain, Poor soul is he In verity, And for his freedom sighs in vain.

Ich kann mein Gefuehl nur zuweilen nicht finden, weil ich oft sehr muede vom Leiden bin und vom Ringen mit jener Aufgabe, welche mein Selbst mir stellt.

Es ist andererseits keine leichte Aufgabe, sich in der Menge des Materials und in dem oft krausen Stil und abrupten Gedankengang zurechtzufinden.

I gained what I have gained, and with them dwell Copartner in these regions of the World, If not disposer--lend them oft my aid, oft my advice by presages and signs, And answers, oracles, portents, and dreams, Whereby they may direct their future life.

Fourier weiter, so wirkten oft drei und vier Ursachen zusammen, um Krisen zu erzeugen, und was die verschiedenen Charaktere der Bankerotte betreffe, so habe er eine Liste von zweiundsiebenzig verschiedenen Arten aufgestellt.

For there how oft would I lose all delight In the pursuit, the triumph, or the game, To stray alone among the shadowy glades, And gaze, as one who is not satisfied With gazing, at the large, bright, breathing sea, The forest glooms, and shifting gleams between The fine dark fringes of the fadeless trees, On gold-green turf, sweet-brier, and wild pink rose!

Some grummel at times when they might do withaat it, An oft withaat reason complain.

Sie bebt, sie wankt, so oft ein Hauch aus seinem Munde Den Fluch in ihre Sphaeren weht.

Father Benjamin had a most instructive jirk with his arm, and frequently used arguments so forcible when pointing out my faults, that many a time and oft has he brought tears into my eyes: Then I generally felt so penitent, and so low, that I was obliged to steal his brandy-bottle in order to recover my spirits.

Oft on his altar shall my firstlings bleed, See, by his bounty here with rustic reed I play the airs I love the livelong day, The while my oxen round about me stray.

Noch oft soll manches Jahr so traurig von uns fliegen, Noch oft, zu unserm Glueck.

But the women whose company I have oft sought require sustenance just as needily as any do, and that is what I have paid for.

Here, with the wind in lovely locks laid bare, With arms oft raised in dedicative prayer, Lost in mute rapture and adoring wonder, He stood, till the far noise of noontide thunder, Rolled down upon the muffled harmonies Of wind and waterfall and whispering trees, Made loneliness more lone.

Certainly some limitation on the part of the fish seems to operate in favour of the osprey, otherwise the clumsy fisher would oft go hungry.

And I have held converse with birds and fishes in their degree, and that generation which creepeth on the earth is not held in scorn by me, but oft talk I in sweet companionship with the eft of the pond, and the glowworm, and the lady-bird, and the pismire, and their kind, making them my little gossips.