forky
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Thou Har, who grip’st thy foeman Right hard, and Rolf the bowman, And many, many others, The forky lightning’s brothers!
From Targum by Borrow, George Henry
Again the heralds of the thunder fly, In forky squadrons, from the trembling sky!
From Poems (1828) by Gent, Thomas
Scarce had he said, when southern storms arise: From pole to pole the forky lightning flies; Loud rattling shakes the mountains and the plain; Heav'n bellies downward, and descends in rain.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
He spoke, and high the forky trident hurl'd, Rolls clouds on clouds, and stirs the watery world, At once the face of earth and sea deforms, Swells all the winds, and rouses all the storms.
From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander
The lightning more broader and brighter flashes, hurling down its forky streaming bolts far in the wilderness, its flaming path followed by the vollying artillery of the skies.
From Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father by Mitchell, I. (Isaac)
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