discerned

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At times on his pathetic face A look of perfect rapture shone, Intent on some celestial chords, Discerned by him alone; And sometimes he would smile and pause, As if receiving loud applause.

From Poems by Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson)

Quietness he loved, and books, and the grave beauty Of England's Helicon, whose eternal light Shines like a lantern on that road of duty, Discerned by few in this chaotic night.

From The New Morning Poems by Noyes, Alfred

The saint, up-gazing through the dew Of pity brimming o'er his eyes, Discerned in Heav'n's remotest blue The Son of God lean from the skies.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 by Various

Had not the press with all its hundred eyes Discerned the wolf beneath the sheep's disguise And raised the cry upon him, he to-day Would lack your company, and you would lack his pay.

From Black Beetles in Amber by Bierce, Ambrose

And scanning the scene with a stern indecision, He spread his dark wings, with intuitive cries, And sped, till acute and inquisitive vision Discerned but a movable speck in the skies.

From Mountain idylls, and Other Poems by King, Alfred Castner