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Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases

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I had grown pure as the dawn and the dew I have heard the Hiddon People like the hum of swarming bees I have seen the ravens flying, like banners of old wars I saw a face bloom like a flower I saw a river of men marching like a tide I saw his senses swim dizzy as clouds I wander'd lonely as a cloud I was as sensitive as a barometer I was no more than a straw on the torrent of his will I will face thy wrath though it bite as a sword Ideas which spread with the speed of light Idle hopes, like empty shadows Impassive as a statue Impatient as the wind Impregnable as Gibraltar Impressive as a warrant of arrest for high treason Incredible little white teeth, like snow shut in a rose Infrequent carriages sped like mechanical toys guided by manikins In honor spotless as unfallen snow In that head of his a flame burnt that was like an altar-fire In yonder cottage shines a light, far-gleaming like a gem Instantly she revived like flowers in water Intangible as a dream It came and faded like a wreath of mist at eve It cuts like knives, this air so chill It drops away like water from a smooth statue It pealed through her brain like a muffled bell It poured upon her like a trembling flood It racked his ears like an explosion of steam-whistles It ran as clear as a trout-brook It seems as motionless and still as the zenith in the skies It set his memories humming like a hive of bees It staggered the eye, like the sight of water running up hill It stung like a frozen lash It was as futile as to oppose an earthquake with argument It was as if a door had been opened into a furnace, so the eyes blazed It would collapse as if by enchantment Its temples and its palaces did seem like fabrics of enchantment piled to Heaven <h4 id="id09632" style="margin-top: 2em">J</h4> Jealousy, fierce as the fires <h4 id="id09634" style="margin-top: 2em">K</h4> Kindle like an angel's wings the western skies in flame Kindly mornings when autumn and winter seemed to go hand in hand like a happy aged couple Kingdoms melt away like snow <h4 id="id09638" style="margin-top: 2em">L</h4> <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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