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The world, as yet an all unstricken lyre, With all its chords alive and all at rest, Feels not the sun's hand yet, but feels his breath And yearns for love made perfect.

From A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Why do you not fly while you are still unstricken?

From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

As vainglorious was Richard Westmacott's retreat from the field of unstricken battle as his advance upon it had been inglorious.

From Mistress Wilding by Sabatini, Rafael

The one man yet unstricken is quite broken down with fright and fatigue.

From Prisoners of Conscience by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

The great Powers were divided on the partition of the bear’s skin, while the bear was still unstricken.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.