ERST
(erst)
At
a previous time Common
clues: Formerly,
formerly; Once, once upon a time; Once, once; Back then, back
when; Before, before; Once before?; In the past, in the
past Crossword
puzzle frequency:
8 times a year
The
even mead, that erst
brought sweetly forth
The
freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover,
Wanting
the scythe, all uncorrected, rank.
Conceives
by idleness, and nothing teems
But
hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burrs,
Losing
both beauty and utility.
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William Shakespeare (1564–1616). Burgundy, in Henry V, act
5, sc. 2, l. 48-53.
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