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Over the stirless surface of the ground The hot air trembles.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
The sun sank down from branch to branch; a bird Singing among the stirless leaves was heard.
From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various
A thin spiral of smoke rose like a gray wisp above the zapote trees and a low-crooned, rhythmic chant was borne to her on the stirless air.
From The Fifth Ace by George W. Gage
In the stirless, suave, and aromatic air hung an impalpable yet ineluctable hint of melancholy....
From Joan Thursday by Louis Joseph Vance
The trees have bent above me like tall lovers, The stars return their slow, familiar way, And a great, stirless quiet comes and covers The traveller resting at the end of day.
From Ships in Harbour by David Morton
