grasped

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Obedient to the high-souled lord Grasped Anśumán his bow and sword, And hurried forth the way to trace With youth and valour's eager pace.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Grasped in his hand was the red and yellow favour that Wayne wore as Provost of Notting Hill.

From The Napoleon of Notting Hill by Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham)

No! at the battle cry, A host prepared to die, Shall arm for fight— But not with martial steel, Grasped with a murderous zeal; No arms their foes shall feel, But love and light.

From The Liberty Minstrel by Clark, George W.

She was born Of a high race, and laid upon the knee, With her soft eye perusing listlessly The fretted roof, or, on Mosaic floors, Grasped at the tessellated squares, inwrought With metals curiously.

From Fugitive Poetry by Willis, Nathaniel Parker

Grasped in them was a long, black, cigar-shaped object.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various