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He rais'd the beam; low sank the heavier lot Of the Achaians; the Achaian doom85 Subsided, and the Trojan struck the skies.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Ferocity Subsided in a moment, like a wind That drops down dead out of a sky it vexed.

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 by Knight, William

They can also find it set forth and defended in a small volume by George Catlin, entitled “The Lifted and Subsided Rocks of America,” published in London, not long since, by Trübner and Company.

From Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology by Baldwin, John D. (John Denison)

Now to an ancient altar Hecat' own'd, By shady trees dark veil'd from day, she came: Her flames abated, and her eager pulse Subsided.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.