unspent

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And I to hold her gentle to me, and let her cry very natural, until that she was something unpent.

From The Night Land by Hodgson, William Hope

The afternoon had dragged uneventfully on, and there was a distinct buzz of unpent excitement when a dark-eyed boy carrying a brass bowl entered the shop. 

From The Toys of Peace, and other papers by Saki

Down from her royal head and lustrous brow The golden curls fell sportively unpent.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

The love, that in those early days Girt round my spirit like a wall, Hath faded like a morning haze, And flames, unpent by self's mean thrall, Rise clearly to the perfect all.

From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell

Tho' thou hast ne'er unpent thy pain's delight Upon these airs, bird of the poet's love, Yet must I sing thy singing!

From Song-Surf by Rice, Cale Young