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The dove seems still to be escaping from something that pursues—afraid of enemies even in the dangerless solitudes where the old forests repose in primeval peace.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

In the face of danger the heart is roused, and in the exaltation of determination forgets its pain; it is the long monotony of dangerless days that tries the spirit hardest.

From Anne by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

Better, the flame-cross still aflare, Shot-shattered to have met thy doom Where thy last lightnings cheered the gloom, Than here be safe in dangerless despair.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell