Verb
tell of (third-person singular simple present tells of, present participle telling of, simple past and past participle told of)
(transitive or intransitive) To inform (someone) about (something).
He tells of his adventures abroad.
He told me of his theories.
We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Percy Bysshe Shelley
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought. Percy Bysshe Shelley
There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of The Street. H. P. Lovecraft
Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort. Henry Rollins
The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it. Bayazid Bastami
This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war. Erich Maria Remarque