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  • And the stockpiled mass destruction of the nuclear pow'rs that be

    Twenty Tons of TNT 1967

  • Noo the stane had great pow'rs that could dae such a thing

    The Wee Magic Stane 1962

  • And heav'n's protecting pow'rs are deaf to pray'rs.

    The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

  • Here cease, ye pow'rs, and let your vengeance end:

    The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

  • Enough to say that, when for hours each had extended all his pow'rs, toward the quiet evenfall O'Dowd succumbed to young McCall.

    Indiscretions of Archie 1928

  • Thy babe and Pleasure's, nursed the pow'rs of song!

    Ode to Simplicity 1919

  • Let them rally their heroes, send forth all their pow'rs, Their verse-men and prose-men, then match them with ours!

    Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

  • To him the church, the realm, their pow'rs consign.

    English Satires Various 1885

  • New pow'rs are claim'd, new pow'rs are still bestow'd,

    English Satires Various 1885

  • A hunter's shaft has struck, and quell'd its pow'rs;

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1834

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