dispels

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Fierce, feverish love!—thine idle dreams,—fleeting As cloud-fed vapour, yon o'erarching bow Bestrides,—fade as the sunbeam on the sky Dispels the glowing mist.

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

To us, my countrymen, the lesson comes; Our night of winter dawns in brightest day; The storm is passing, and the rising sun Dispels our doubts, drives cloudy fears away.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Awake, my soul; the rising sun Dispels the night of mourning; Awake, with songs of praises run To greet the Lord returning.

From Morning and Evening Prayers for All Days of the Week Together With Confessional, Communion, and Other Prayers and Hymns for Mornings and Evenings, and Other Occasions by Habermann, John

Mark how Havana's sensuous-philtred Mead Dispels the cackling Hag of Night at Need, And, foggy-aureoled, the Smoke reveals The Poppy Flowers that blossom from the Weed.

From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr. by Irwin, Wallace

The faithful word of promise cheers And bears my spirits up, Dispels my dark desponding fears And stablishes my hope.

From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various