bedim

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But now we carry the burden of our years along with us—and that consciousness bedims the blossoms, and makes mournful the balm, as from flowers in some fair burial-place, breathing of the tomb.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

Like the ashen-grey hue that bedims the countenance of the dying, a filmy greasy skin appeared to overspread the recent loveliness of the ocean surface.

From Through the Magic Door by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Ahasuerus And I would have my queen adorned with gems, That diamond cluster from beyond the Ind, Which, sparkling in her aureole of gold, bedims The constellation of the Southern Cross.

From The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems by Noe, Cotton

Never a tear bedims the eye, That time and patience can not dry; Never a lip is curved with pain, That can not be kissed into smiles again.

From Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by Young, John H.

But gloaming gray bedims the vale, On day's bright beam encroaching; With rapture once again I hail The trysting hour approaching.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles