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Erelong

Erelong \Ere`long"\ (?; 115), adv. Before the ?apse of a long time; soon; -- usually separated, ere long.

A man, . . . following the stag, erelong slew him.
--Spenser.

The world, erelong, a world of tears must weep.
--Milton. [1913 Webster] ||

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erelong

adv. (context archaic English) Before long, soon.

Usage examples of "erelong".

But always, folded out of sight, The wings were growing strong That were to bear him off in flight Erelong, Erelong.

As yet only a few on the mountaintops have caught sight of the Glorious Orb, but already its rays are illumining heaven and earth, and erelong it will rise above the mountains and shine with full strength on the plains and valleys too, giving life and guidance to all.

Be ye watchful, for the wrath of God is prepared, and erelong you shall behold that which is written by the Pen of Command.

Erelong the winter gales shall blow, Erelong the winter frosts shall freeze - And oh, that it were June once more!

Hadst thou but held thy tongue, we had had with us to-night six men-at-arms, and had, erelong, run down the game.

The yellow wine sparkled in the glasses like the sparkling sea, the wind blew softly from the south, the sails in the bay darkened and flashed, and the breakfast, it seemed to go along of itself, and erelong the convives were eating ambrosia and sipping nectar.

Dutch critics were erelong disarmed by the absence of all malice in the gigantic humor of the composition.

We all know when we marched north from Salamanca, that, without a single Spaniard to back us, all that could be hoped for was to aid Saragossa and Seville and Cadiz to gather the levies in the south and prepare for defence, and that erelong we should have any number of enemies upon us.

I should have been glad to have utilized your services at once, and only hope that you will erelong rejoin us.

But erelong we were under weigh, and he came and sat by me where I had the steering oar.