transpierce

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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

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

"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

From afar, at every step you took, you saw a painting transpierce the wall and form, as it were, a window open upon Nature.

From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

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