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From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2011
Ye dart upon the deep, and straight is heard A wilder roar; and men grow pale, and pray: Ye fling its waters round you, as a bird Flings o'er his shivering plumes the fountain's spray.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore
In the summer weather Kindly, gen'rous Night Flings upon the thirsting grass Dew-drops cool and bright.
From Harper's Young People, September 7, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Here too some lover at his darling's head Flings words of scorn, which by and by He wildly prays be left unsaid, And swears that wine-cups lie.
From The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse by Williams, Theodore C.
From the shadow which the coppice Flings across the rippling stream, Did I hear a sound of music— Was it thought or was it dream?
From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Doyle, Richard
