wherefrom

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Wherefrom resulted some increase of knowledge,—though chiefly negative.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 by Various

Rise oop, dou Odin-trafeler,     Und toorn dee to de Nort, Wherefrom, as Bible dells dee,     Crate efil shall come fort.

From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey

And within my life I knew miraculous change, and a soft flame Wherefrom the snows of Duty flushed to rose, And the chill icy flow of mind was turned To a warm stream of passion.

From The Epic of Hades In Three Books by Morris, Lewis, Sir

Look, the destroying Angel with the sword, Wherefrom the drops of gall are raining down, Broad-winged, comes flying towards you.

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Lazarus, Emma

Like Lord Kuvera, well arrayed, He pressed a couch of gold, Wherefrom a covering of brocade Hung down in many a fold.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)