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Suddenly the flame sinks down; Sink the rumors of renown;   And alone the night-wind drear Clamors louder, wilder, vaguer,— "'T is the brand of Meleager   Dying on the hearth-stone here!"

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

But I fear that Discord will too often discompose you, and the rude Clamors against your Country will vex you.

From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 2 by Cushing, Harry Alonzo

Clamors blew upon him like blasts--laughter--execrations--sometimes both together indistinguishably.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis

Clamors arose against the general who had led them so gloriously from the heart of Media, and his speeches in his defense are among the most eloquent on Grecian record.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John

Suddenly the flame sinks down; Sink the rumors of renown; And alone the night-wind drear Clamors louder, wilder, vaguer,— "'T is the brand of Meleager Dying on the hearth-stone here!"

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various