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From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2011
In our wee dwelling the lamp of love, Trimm'd daily by faith and prayer, Flings light on earth, on heaven above, Sheds glory everywhere.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
Up the jagged cliffs he climbs, Flings down one contemptuous look, Then is lost within the hills.
From Atta Troll by Heine, Heinrich
It pauses now; and now, with rising knell, Flings to the hollow gale its sullen sound.
From The Mysteries of Udolpho by Radcliffe, Ann Ward
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.
