-phyre
AmericanEtymology
Origin of -phyre
< French, extracted from porphyre porphyry
Example Sentences
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He was waiting for his turn to be dragged to the guillotine, when he commenced this poem: "Comme un dernier rayon, comme un dernier z�phyre Anime la fin d'un beau jour; Au pied de l'�chafaud j'essaie encore ma lyre, Peut-�tre est ce bient�t mon tour; "Peut-�tre avant que l'heure en cercle promen�e Ait pos� sur l'�mail brillant, Dans les soixante pas o� sa route est born�e, Son pied sonore et vigilant, "Le sommeil du tombeau pressera me paupi�re—" Here, at this pathetic line, was Andr� Ch�nier summoned to the guillotine!
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