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They 'll say in the fire some luve-powther I threw,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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At once they groan'd; at once their limbs they threw,
The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Her stole of saffron then to the ground she threw,
The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes 525 BC-456 BC Aeschylus 1911
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His arms with soft emotion th 'enamour'd warrior threw,
National Epics Kate Milner Rabb 1901
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Oft she and oft her daughter their arms about her threw,
National Epics Kate Milner Rabb 1901
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And his bravest men and chieftains 'gainst the fiery Pandavs threw,
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878
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Fiercely raged the gory combat, when the night its shadows threw,
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878
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An 'the mountain pines an' hemlocks a kindly shadder threw,
A Little Book of Western Verse Eugene Field 1872
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And mid the hedge of foemen his blunted sword he threw,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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And mid the hedge of foemen his blunted sword he threw,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865
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