Examples of using "Essayed" in a sentence and their french translations:
Thrice round the neck with longing I essayed / to clasp the phantom in a wild delight; / thrice, vainly clasped, the visionary shade / mocked me embracing, and was lost to sight, / swift as a winged wind or slumber of the night.
Trois fois j'étends les bras, et comme une vapeur / trois fois a disparu le fantôme trompeur.