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Onward with blind rebellious breast I ranged, with love, with bale opprest, Piteous, passionate, all unblest, The dispossessëd,—God-possest ...

From Ioläus The man that was a ghost by Mackereth, James Allan

And unless I could know what were the previous habits and education of the victim, through what influences, blest or unblest, her mind had been trained, her moral existence built up—should I condemn?

From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

By Heaven and Nature, in their wrath bestow'd, In evil hour, for man's unblest abode.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

Thus unwept, unmourned, he sank to rest, E’en by human sympathy unblest, To an unknown grave!

From Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental by Various

For far from thee, in crowds unblest, My fluttering heart but ill can rest.

From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)