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

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.

The parallel between Venus and "That orbed maiden with fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon," is carried a stage further.

From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Holden, Edward Singleton

And all those sayings will I over-swear; And all those swearings keep as true in soul, As doth that orbed continent the fire That severs day from night.

From Twelfth Night or, What You Will by Kemble, J P

O paragon of feathered grace, What charms thy neck enfold, Backed by that glorious orbed space Thick starred with eyes of gold.

From A Century of Emblems by Cautley, G. S.