flitted

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And the birdy hearing, Quickly came and lit On the cage, and shortly Flitted into it.

From Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children by Miller, Mrs. E. P.

Breathings of a deep enchantment, Effluence of immortal grace, Flitted round her faltering footstep, Spread a balm about her face!

From Poems — Volume 1 by Meredith, George

Around the domes, and temples of the gods Loud howl'd the midnight dogs; the silent shades Flitted along; and tremblings shook the town.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

Flitted the butterfly All day dittering over my head.

From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John

Flitted that fond ideal world, And to the shore in tumult tost The realms of fairy bliss were lost.

From Waverley by Scott, Walter, Sir