lurked

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Not in the lyre of Orpheus, Not in the songs of Musaeus, Lurked the unfathomed bewitchment Wrought by the wind in the grasses, 10 Held by the rote of the sea-surf,   In early summer.

From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics by Carman, Bliss

I ween that mother was a queen In royal qualities, And in her lofty eyes and mien, Lurked lovely majesties.

From Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems by Bartley, James Avis

Misery Lurked within his tattered cape; Misery lurked within his eyes.

From Atta Troll by Heine, Heinrich

I watched her earth-brown eyes grow glad Because the round day was so fair; While memories of reluctant night Lurked in the blue dusk of her hair.

From The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics by Knowles, Frederic Lawrence

Beneath that fair brow Lurked an obstinate purpose to make others bow To herself in small matters.

From Three Women by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler