athirst

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It was the good ship Billycock, with thirteen men aboard, Athirst to grapple with their country's foes,— A crew, 'twill be admitted, not numerically fitted To navigate a battleship in prose.

From Modern British Poetry by Untermeyer, Louis

Here by my hearth where he was I listen For the shade of the sound of a word, Athirst for the birdlike eyes to glisten, For the tongue to chirp like a bird.

From A Dark Month From Swinburne's Collected Poetical Works Vol. V by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Still 'Give me light,' he shrieked; and dipped His thirsty face, and drank a sea, Athirst with thirst it could not slake.

From Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems by Rossetti, Christina Georgina

I drank delights from every cup, Arts, institutions, I drank up; Athirst, I quaffed life's flowing bowls, And sipped the flavors of all souls.

From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson

Athirst, ashamèd, he yieldeth his breath, While one looks down from his charger; and calm slow smiling,   Curleth his lip.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean