spright
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Long-while I sought to what I might compare Those powrefull eies which lighten my dark spright; Yet find I nought on earth, to which I dare Resemble th'ymage of their goodly light.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Spenser, Edmund
We have also spright, impregnable, and other misspelt words, for which it is difficult to assign a reason.
From Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
See he gathers up his spright And begins to hunt for light; Now he gapes and breaths again: How the blood runs to the vein, That erst was empty!
From The Faithful Shepherdess The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10). by Beaumont, Francis
I hope for the succour of Him in whose hand Is the Kingdom, the Maker of body and spright.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John
For love of her, my heart and entrails are a-fire And sicknesses consume my body and my spright.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV by Payne, John
