paltry
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They bore the bones by the moonlight ray, To the convent's holy shrine, And from the psaltry sang a psalm, The psalm one hundred and nine.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 556, July 7, 1832 by Various
Bring forth the harp, and the psaltry, and the sackbut!
From Young Lives by Le Gallienne, Richard
He chose them in the first place, these little psaltry ministrants, for their beauty, and 'beautiful as angels' they are.
From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene
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"The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
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