orbed

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The pair seemed lovers, yet absorbed In mental scenes no longer orbed By love’s young rays.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2013

And of the stars: "Stars that shine around the refulgent full moon Pale, and hide their glory of lesser lustre When she pours her silvery plenilunar Light on the orbed earth."

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell

Shine on, sweet orbed Souls for aye, For ever calm, for ever bright: We ask not whither lies your way, Nor whence ye came, nor what your light.

From The Children's Garland from the Best Poets by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton

That orbed maiden with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

Or is the past from being far off always in glory, as distance lends enchantment to the view; and so the world becomes orbed “into the perfect star We saw not, when we moved therein?”

From A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.