discerned

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At times on his pathetic face A look of perfect rapture shone, Intent on some celestial chords, Discerned by him alone; And sometimes he would smile and pause, As if receiving loud applause.

From Poems by Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson)

And I Discerned that John could hardly hold the tongue of him for joy.

From Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas

To disentangle one clear wish Not of her sex, she sought; And womanish to womanish Discerned in lighted thought.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George

Quietness he loved, and books, and the grave beauty Of England's Helicon, whose eternal light Shines like a lantern on that road of duty, Discerned by few in this chaotic night.

From The New Morning Poems by Noyes, Alfred

The saint, up-gazing through the dew Of pity brimming o'er his eyes, Discerned in Heav'n's remotest blue The Son of God lean from the skies.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 by Various