Example Sentences

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The agonising flame Yearned in its vitals towards the quiet air And died in a little smoke.

From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John

So Yearned Raschi to adorn the radiant girl Who sat at board before him, nor dared lift Shy, heavy lids from pupils black as grapes That dart the imprisoned sunshine from their core.

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

As a child that finds A ruby ring upon the highway, straight Homeward desires to run with it, so she Yearned for her home and country.

From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred

Roused by these words, long since the sire of Troy Yearned, like his friend, their comrades to surprise And burst the cloud.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

Underneath an apple-tree Sat a maiden and her lover; And the thoughts within her he Yearned, in silence, to discover.

From Farm Ballads by Carleton, Will