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How peaceful lies this palace, yet I see The war clouds lour upon its roofs.

From The Buddha A Drama in Five Acts and Four Interludes by Carus, Paul

What though the clouds that o'er me lour Have tinged ye with a mournful hue, Deep in my heart I felt your power, And bless ye, while I sigh—Adieu!

From The Diary of an Ennuyée by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

Salve Regina, though the daylight die, Salve Regina, though the darkness lour; Have they not still the kingdom and the power?

From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred

Who can retire to rest when tempests lour?

From Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs by Bloomfield, Robert

The next was a fine little girl, of three or lour years, who inquired where they were going to bring her daddy, and asked if he would not soon come back to her.

From The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

On press night, clouds loured over the first play, drizzle dampened the second, and unremitting rain called an early halt to the third.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2012

A darkness loured all day in the west even under the rain-clouds.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York, And all the clouds that loured upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

He might recollect the same fierce passion in his eye—the same dark scowl upon his forehead, as those which now burnt and loured in the face of his son.

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

Lucifer loured and grew pale; in a moment, there flew in a wry-footed imp, panting and trembling. 

From The Visions of the Sleeping Bard by Davies, Robert Gwyneddon

It’s finished in a louring Baconian grey, the colour of a hospital gurney.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2016

The tour was fraught, the death of Curtis louring over it.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2015

Biggest Upset: The inclusion of Nick Cave on the festival lineup raised some eyebrows as to how, say, Red Hot Chili Pepper fans would react to Cave’s unique brand of darkly louring poetic rock.

From Time ● Apr. 23, 2013

And in some of the drawings, the perspective is clearly altered to emphasise the sinister, louring effects of the temple colonnades.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2013

Alone, blue black is useful as a cool shade for white draperies; and compounded with cobalt, affords a good gray for louring clouds.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas