gleamed

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I rushed to the casement, and open it flew The pale moon shone in the azure sky, And like costly gems, ’neath a cloud of lace, Gleamed the stars in the Milky Way.

From Silver Links by Various

He'd bartered his soul a few years to live, And sinking the grave has nothing to give, Unloved and embittered e'en cross once refused, Gleamed sadly through mists then slowly withdrew.

From Poems A Message of Hope by Walton, Mary Alice

Then his clean limbs his weeping squires bedight In all the mail Hephaistos served his might Withal, of breastplate shining like the sun Upon flood-water, three-topped helm whereon Gleamed the gold basilisk, and goodly greaves.

From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Through the dingy sodhouse window Gleamed a sickly yellow light, Where I helped you from the wagon, Holding you so loving tight.

From Nancy MacIntyre by Parker, Lester Shepard

On the ground The rider flung his bloody sword, and raised His helm, dismounting: the first dawn of day Gleamed on the shattered plume.

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George