tombless
- a word derived from tomb.
Example Sentences
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Be not so hard Thus without ruth tombless to cast him forth; Nor be so vanquished by a vehement will, That to thy hate even Justice’ self must bow.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
The little urn that sufficed for the mighty lord 279 is despoiled of his very dust; but the tombless shade of the kingly freeman still guards the coasts, and rests upon the seas.
From Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
The spirit, first, of my companion came, Elpenor; for no burial honours yet Had he received, but we had left his corse In Circe’s palace, tombless, undeplored, 60 Ourselves by pressure urged of other cares.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
Shroudless and tombless they sank to their rest, While o’er their ashes the starry fold flying Wraps the proud eagle they roused from his nest!
From How the Flag Became Old Glory by Valentine, A. C.
Its small windows and one door open on the tombless graveyard at the back,—perhaps that they might not be smashed by the mob, or admit the ribaldry of the street.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel
