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He "Grappled them to his soul with hooks of steel," And believed in them to the last extremity of faith that was possible.

From A Noble Life by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock

Behind them, in the nether deep, The central fires, that never sleep, Grappled and rose, and fell again; And with colossal shock and throe The shuddering mountain rent in twain Her garments of perpetual snow!

From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various

Thou dost forget that thou hast called me wife, And with sweet influence of holy vows Grappled and grafted me unto thyself.

From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various

Hephæstus.Here's an arm, at least, Grappled past freeing.

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett