flitted

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Around the domes, and temples of the gods Loud howl'd the midnight dogs; the silent shades Flitted along; and tremblings shook the town.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

And the birdy hearing, Quickly came and lit On the cage, and shortly Flitted into it.

From Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children by Miller, Mrs. E. P.

Flitted the butterfly All day dittering over my head.

From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John

The spring-days of his youth, loves, woes, a busy crowd, Flitted before him.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various

One would require to go further back still to appreciate the spirit of "Skeldon Haughs, or the Sow is Flitted."

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill