refuge

Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these / Find place or refuge.

One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.

Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.

Their latest refuge / Was to send him.