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- Lord Byron

The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,

And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold;

And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea,

When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.

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verb

To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.

to beam forth light

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Thérèse Raquin

by Émile Zola

A bored, passionless woman and her lover murder her husband — then are slowly destroyed by guilt and mutual hatred.

32

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69,888

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~5h read

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