athirst

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Here by my hearth where he was I listen For the shade of the sound of a word, Athirst for the birdlike eyes to glisten, For the tongue to chirp like a bird.

From A Dark Month From Swinburne's Collected Poetical Works Vol. V by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Athirst to kiss, athirst to slay, she stood, A radiance fringed with grim affright; For them that hungered, she was nourishing food, For those who sparkled, Night.

From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George

It was the good ship Billycock, with thirteen men aboard, Athirst to grapple with their country's foes,— A crew, 'twill be admitted, not numerically fitted To navigate a battleship in prose.

From Modern British Poetry by Untermeyer, Louis

Voices Parched were our throats, Blistered our lips, Athirst were we And anhungered, In that waterless and barren region.

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan

Athirst and unfed shall they be, When the springs of thy strength are dust, And thy fields of light are black with dearth.

From The Star-Treader and other poems by Smith, Clark Ashton