quivered
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But Shem went up to do his mother's will; And all was one as though the frighted earth Quivered and fell a-trembling; then they hid Their faces every one, till he returned, And spake not.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean
Yet, as the whole world with their tramp Quivered, a signal-lightning spoke, A bugle warned our darkling camp, And, like a thunder-cloud, it woke.
From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred
But they always shrank away from her When she strove to comfort their alarms, And their grave, cold silence to beguile: Even little Olga’s baby-smile Quivered into tears when in her arms.
From Legends and Lyrics Part 2 by Procter, Adelaide Anne
The open blue Quivered with it, and I, too, Trembled.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean
Whose shape divine Quivered i' the farthest rainbow-vapour, glanced Athwart the flying herons?
From The Poetry Of Robert Browning by Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus)
