bodiless

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Bodiless he seemed, and without responsibility of action, with that only of thought.

From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by MacDonald, George

A little—oh! a little—breathe once more The fragrance like his mouth's! blow from thy shore One last word as he fades into a dream; Bodiless Lord of love!

From Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. by Arnold, Edwin, Sir

But of the Bodiless Ones there gathered a solitary young Shape filled the entire house with her presence.

From Bride of the Mistletoe by Allen, James Lane

Soh! 'tis a sigh—low drawn and very faint, A spirit stirring 'mid the slumb'ring dead, Bodiless, homeless, breathing forth its plaint, Nor yet from life and its sad memories fled.

From Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems by Cassels, Walter Richard

The Bodiless Maiden had vanished from it the very moment that there was no longer any one who could have stolen her from the other world.

From Roumanian Fairy Tales by Percival, J. M.