oversoon

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Not there doth Ayesha linger,—rune by rune Spelling the scriptures of a people banned,— The world is disenchanted! oversoon Shall Europe send her spies through all the land!

From He by Pollock, Walter Herries

PRE-ISLAMIC POETRY116 Full-armed against me stood One feared of fighting men: He fled not oversoon Nor let himself be ta'en.

From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold

It was oversoon, she thought, for her King to patronize her.

From Trusia A Princess of Krovitch by Brinton, Davis

One golden day when dawn shall blush to noon And noon incline to dark, and, oversoon, My joy lie buried ’neath a rounded moon.

From Fires of Driftwood by Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone

The youth and vigour of his body set him on his feet oversoon, while all the soundness his spirit had gained was trembling for its weakness, fear for its cowardice, shame for its shame.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence