stole away
stole away is the simple past of steal away.
Meaning of steal away
Verb
steal away (third-person singular simple present steals away, present participle stealing away, simple past stole away, past participle stolen away)
- To leave secretively.
- I do but sing because I must,
And pipe but as the linnets sing:
And unto one her note is gay,
For now her little ones have ranged;
And unto one her note is changed,
Because her brood is stol’n away.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 36
- I do but sing because I must,
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