discerned

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

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

Nor yet has Ráma's guileless heart Discerned thee for the thing thou art— A snake who holds the frogs that cries And lures fresh victims as it dies.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

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

And scanning the scene with a stern indecision, He spread his dark wings, with intuitive cries, And sped, till acute and inquisitive vision Discerned but a movable speck in the skies.

From Mountain idylls, and Other Poems by King, Alfred Castner