spright

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Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!

From Rhyme? And Reason? by Carroll, Lewis

Unthankfull then to God I should neglect All the whole world for one poor sorry wight, Whose pestilent eye into my heart project Would burn like poysonous Comet in my spright.

From Democritus Platonissans by More, Henry

Hang up your bloody colours in the air, Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare; Your merry mates cheer, with a lusty bold spright.

From The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by Dryden, John

He opened it and found these words written therein: 'The messenger brought me a promise of union and delight; But yet      that he had mistaken 'twas constant in my spright.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John

So now unto solace I'll turn my heart, with forgetting, from      thee And washing my hands of thy thought, blot despair for      thee out of my spright.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV by Payne, John