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stilly adv [ˈstɪllɪ] Archaic or literary quietly or calmly adj [ˈstɪlɪ]
(Literature / Poetry) Poetic still, quiet, or calm How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And stilly voices, half-remembered, speak It was far down the afternoon; and when all the spearings of the crimson fight were done: and floating in the lovely sunset sea and sky, sun and whale both stilly died together; then, such a sweetness and such plaintiveness, such inwreathing orisons curled up in that rosy air, that it almost seemed as if far over from the deep green convent valleys of the Manilla isles, the Spanish land-breeze, wantonly turned sailor, had gone to sea, freighted with these vesper hymns.
"Conspiring spirits whispered in the gloom,
Half-heard, the stilly secrets of the tomb. |
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