disturbs

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And Wordsworth says he feels a Presence that "Disturbs him with the joy of elevated thought, A sense sublime of something far more deeply interfused."

From Our Unitarian Gospel by Savage, Minot J. (Minot Judson)

There's sunshine; scarcely a wind at all Disturbs starved grass and daisies small On a certain mound by a churchyard wall.

From The Poetry Of Robert Browning by Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus)

In the dark jungle dim and damp It lurks, and Civilisation's tramp Disturbs its sanctuary.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 6, 1890 by Various

Mæcenas, no such vain alarm Disturbs the quiet of this farm!

From Echoes from the Sabine Farm by Field, Roswell Martin

"Well then, Patrick replies to Ossian: Upon my word, son of Fingal, While I am warbling the psalms, The clamour of your old women's tales Disturbs my devotional exercises."

From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir