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I passed the renegade, who had half-regained his feet, and appeared but slightly wounded.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne

In despair, the lonely musician retreated to the forest solitudes, and there played his mournful laments,— “Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto, to have quite set free His half-regained Eurydice.”

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)

For him the nymphs had now no attractions, nor was there anything in all the world but the thought of his half-regained Eurydice, now lost for ever.

From Among Famous Books by Kelman, John

He took his lyre again then and played: “Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto, to have quite set free His half-regained Eurydice.”

From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen