splendent

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The triumph strode splendent over sea and shore, subduing waves and rocks to a path for its mighty entrance into that dark cave on the human coast.

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

And so the tiny Cadet-drillings have ended; long Files of Giants, splendent in gold-lace and grenadier-caps, have succeeded; and earnest work instead of mimic, in that matter, has begun.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Carlyle, Thomas

Even when he gazed into her blue eyes he was conscious of a more flaming glory than lay in the heavens of their depths; a splendent maze that shed a brightness around her.

From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart

The splendent sun no splendour can display, Till on gross things he dash his broken ray, From cloud and tree and flower re-tossed in prismy spray.

From Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters by Thompson, Francis

Radiant and serene, in the boundless calm of the heavens, the splendent lanterns seemed suspended on stationary craft peacefully rocked at anchor.

From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison