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At such a time the horns should sprout, the raging bull hold sway,
Satyricon 2007
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Touching the ever changing surface, swirls of crystalline dancing with some kind of dark sway,
breakthedark Diary Entry breakthedark 2006
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Then thundering through the planks with forceful sway,
The Iliad of Homer 2003
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Each favourite fowl he pounced with deathful sway,
The Odyssey of Homer 2003
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He, source of power and might! with boundless sway,
The Iliad of Homer 2003
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In a buckskin shirt that was dazed with dirt he sat, and I saw him sway,
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And let your thoughts run riot and your feelings have full sway,
Poems for Pale People A Volume of Verse Edwin Carty Ranck
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The ol 'church shook and staggered, an' seemed to reel an 'sway,
Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various
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At such a time the horns should sprout, the raging bull hold sway,
The Satyricon — Volume 05: Crotona Affairs 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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Where the dreary winter reigns wi 'a wide extended sway,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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