transpierce

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"From my earliest childhood," he said, "poetry had power over me to transport and transpierce me."

From Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian by Various

Pisander with his spear struck full the shield Of glorious Menelaus, but his force Resisted by the stubborn buckler broad Fail'd to transpierce it, and the weapon fell Snapp'd at the neck.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

How do Thy clear, still eyes transpierce our souls, As gazing through them toward the Father-throne In a pathetical, full Deity, Serenely as the stars gaze through the air Straight on each other!

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

If he has hit his mark, he continues his efforts and endeavours to transpierce it or so to entangle the barbs in the flesh as to prevent its escape.

From A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson by Tench, Watkin

He starts by arguing:— "That bodies show me minds, That, through the outward sign, the inward grace allures, And sparks from heaven transpierce earth's coarsest covertures,— All by demonstrating the value of Fifine!"

From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Symons, Arthur