throbbed

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Throbbed there a heart in any of our bos-hem!--in any of the superstructures of our waists, that did not respond with joy and gladness to the sentiment of such a season?

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 20, August 13, 1870 by Various

As he looked, the blackened heavens Splashed with demon-tinted blood From the hue of burning prairie Throbbed above the fiery flood.

From Nancy MacIntyre by Parker, Lester Shepard

Sweet moon, twice rounded in a blithe July, Once down a wandering English stream thou leddest My lonely boat; swans gleamed around; the sky Throbbed overhead with meteors.

From Ionica by Cory, William (AKA William Johnson)

Throbbed wildly the usually steady hearts of the cool islanders.

From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Brady, Cyrus Townsend

Now through the mighty pulses of the land Throbbed the dark blood of war; and Sumter's guns Were the first heart-beats of a better day.

From Stories in Verse by Abbey, Henry