flowed

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You've rested on highly-oiled stairways Too often, when sweet eyes were bright, And somebody's ball dress—not Nellie's— Flowed 'round you in rivers of white.

From Point Lace and Diamonds by Day, Francis

On his head a crown, On his shoulders down Flowed his golden hair.

From Songs of Innocence and Experience by Blake, William

X And the everlasting miracle of things Flowed round thee, and this dark earth opposed no bar, And radiant faces from the flowers and springs Dawned on thee, whispering, Knowest thou whence we are?

From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred

Most wondrous is the tale which thou Hast told of heavenly Gangá, how From realms above descending she Flowed through the land and filled the sea.

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

His treasury at sunset every day Is worse than empty; and although the tide Flowed high at morn, 'tis ebb before the noon.

From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim