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Nay, scarce the up-stabbing knife with blood was stained,
The Georgics 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Round through that air with solid darkness stained,
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Various
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The count Rollanz, his sword with blood is stained,
The Song of Roland Anonymous 1909
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Seeing by that blood one country saved and stained,
Two Nations Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
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They wore sere wreaths; their piebald vests were stained,
The Legends of Saint Patrick Aubrey de Vere 1858
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In an old photograph, torn and tattered and stained,
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