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In the green deeps a shaft of gold Limns their elaborate attire; Through silken sleeves the winds aspire, Embalmed, to stray, and, growing bold,     Swell them to their desire.

From A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China by Cranmer-Byng, L. (Launcelot)

Thy memory is a pure and holy thing, Embalmed and treasured in the hearts of those Who saw thee, like an angel, ministering The precious balm that softens human woes.

From Enthusiasm and Other Poems by Moodie, Susanna

The lords, all-wise, refused to burn The monarch ere his son's return; So for a while the corpse they set Embalmed in oil, and waited yet.

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

Embalmed by loving friends, it was carried to a place of last earthly rest.

From Mystic Christianity by Atkinson, William Walker

Embalmed the departed, And swathed Him with care; Here we conveyed Him, Our Master, so dear; Alas!

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. by Francke, Kuno