levelled
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Levelled by time, and washed by winter rains, the adobe walls of the church have sunk into indistinguishable heaps of earth which vaguely define the outlines of the ancient edifice.
From The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by James, George Wharton
Late western sunbeams on your broad trunks bloom, Levelled from the low opposing hill, and fold Your inmost conclave with a burning gold.
From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John
Levelled eyes Sable, and keen, with meditative might Conjoined the instinct and the claim to rule: Firm were her lips and rigid.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
This very morning my official chief, Tapping with friendly forefinger this button, Levelled me like a thunderstricken elm Flat upon the Colonial Office floor.
From The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded by Shaw, Bernard
Like the snaky torch-flame white, Levelled as aloft it twists, She, her soaring arms, and wrists Drooping, struggles with the light, Helios, bright above all mists!
From Poems — Volume 1 by Meredith, George
