rondure

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But, in its visible stead, invisible fear Filled the vast rondure of the sea and sky As with the omnipresent soul of Drake.

From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred

This habit, however, is more noticeable in other passages where we come upon cilice, 467 egromancy, 468 verdurous, 469 vergier, 470 rondure, 471 purfled, 472 &c.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas

For the first time he realized the great rondure of the world.

From Where the Blue Begins by Morley, Christopher

I have felt the rondure of the infant's tender form.

From The World I Live In by Keller, Helen

Seems at its best some little fleet of boats, hugging the shores of a boundless sea, and never venturing, exploring the unmapp'd—never, Columbus-like, sailing out for New Worlds, and to complete the orb's rondure.

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt