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Then young and old had blent their tears for thee, And child unbidden; women torn their hair And struck their bosoms as for Brutus dead.

From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan

Because she was so innocent, That Heaven her character had blent With an imagination wild, With intellect and strong volition And a determined disposition, An ardent heart and yet so mild?—

From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Spalding, Henry