athwart

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Or like an evening gleam Athwart some stormy sky, On rocks, woods, waves the radiance breaks In glory and in joy.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John

When lo! it seemed to pale and wane, And through the sky go down; Athwart the flood I leaped amain, And clutched a Turkish Crown.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

Bring no serpent-slime Athwart this path kept holy to our tears!

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

The days, whose forms fall shadowy Athwart the heart; whose misty breath Shapes saddest sweets of memory Out of the bitterness of death.

From Undertones by Cawein, Madison J.

Is all our life, then, but a dream, Seen faintly in the golden gleam Athwart Time’s dark resistless stream?

From The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland by Bowman, Isa