smote

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Smote, slew, throve and forsook sound odd, and few people use them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those shafts with feathers bright as gold, Like flames which wreaths of smoke enfold, Smote down the fiends like tall trees rent By red bolts from the firmament.

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

Then–– “Love took up the harp of life, and smote on all the chords with might, Smote the chord of self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight.”

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

The flag on Ragnor's tower hung half-mast high Smote old and young with grief.

From Rowena & Harold A Romance in Rhyme of an Olden Time, of Hastyngs and Normanhurst by Pryer, William Stephen

"Perhaps," she faltered, then the pain grew harsh; the plaintive moan Smote sharply on my heart.

From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Blewett, Jean