Read full poem →And, falling on them like a thunderbolt,
Dictionary Entry
A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
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Poetry examples for “thunderbolt”
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Read full poem →For, in daylight or in dark,
My thunderbolt has eyes to see
His way home to the mark.
Read full poem →Each had his creast, Mars caried Venus' glove,
Jove on his heline the thunderbolt did reare.
Cupidjhcn smiles, for on his crest there lies
Read full poem →Who bade the conqueror go forth,
And launch'd that thunderbolt of war
On Egypt, Hafnia, Trafalgar;
Read full poem →Where mortal horseman ne'er might ride;
The thunderbolt had split the pine,--
All augured ill to Alpine's line.