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Examples
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Who sent from Heav'n a show'r of blood-stain'd rain.
The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1834
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I was sure he must win, and that wealth would show'r o'er me,
The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life Robert Cruikshank 1828
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When the sun hastens over the lake, and a summer show'r ruffles its bosom.
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I saw him prostrate on the Pavement before the Statue, wherein I was enclos'd, imploring the Gods to show'r down their choicest Blessings on his beauteous _Missouf_.
Zadig Or, The Book of Fate 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736
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God on His thirsty Zion's hill, Some mercy drops has thrown; And solemn oaths have bound His love to show'r salvation down.
unknown title 2009
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And dreadful shoot from far a fiery show'r j Through the biackahade the darting flame descends.
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Renew the season when each wak'ning; flow'r Lifted its leaves to drink the morning show'r;
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Thy heart nor fears, nor feels, the bitter show'r: —
Poems 1791
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'Beneath whose trunk I've weather'd many a show'r,)' Stands singly down this solitary way,
The Farmer's Boy A Rural Poem Robert Bloomfield 1794
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