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  • And was content after a fashion, until the sight of burnished hair and scarlet lips swept away my dream-built universe and left me shuddering among its ruins.

    The Moon of Skulls Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • And every night in his dream-built ship Yoharneth-Lahai setteth forth, with all his dreams on board, to take again their old hopes back to the people and all forgotten fancies.

    The Gods of Pegana Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

  • Then on the River I saw the dream-built ship of the god Yoharneth-Lahai, whose great prow lifted grey into the air above the River of Silence.

    The Gods of Pegana Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

  • OVER all the dream-built margin, flushed with grey and hoary light,

    Fantasy A. E. 1913

  • Away upon the dream-built margin of space a thousand tremors fled and chased each other all along the shadowy night.

    AE in the Irish Theosophist George William Russell 1901

  • His eyes were so full of this fantastic vision, the soul of his youth dwelt so deeply within this dream-built tabernacle, that it was with a shock of anguish he saw coming up the walk towards him the young girl herself.

    The Minister's Charge William Dean Howells 1878

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