quenched

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"Nay, doubt me not—tho' all thy love hath ceased— "I know it hath—yet, yet believe, at least, "That every spark of reason's light must be "Quenched in this brain ere I could stray from thee.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael

Quenched by my power when I assail The glory of his might shall fail, As stars before the sun grow dim And yield their feeble light to him.”

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

The old man replies: Quenched, ye youth, is my fire so wild; My evening twilight is cool, but mild; And the blissful hours of my youth are brought, By your lively songs, into my thought.

From Strife and Peace by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

Thought, yearning toward those olden Dear hours that sorrow sees and sees not shine, Bows tearless down before a flameless shrine: A flameless altar here of life and sorrow Quenched and consumed together.

From Astrophel and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. VI by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

"Quenched their little ardour!" he bellowed, leaping on to the bulwark.

From The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea by Ollivant, Alfred