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wondrous [ˈwʌndrəs] Archaic or literary adj exciting wonder; marvellous adv
(intensifier) it is wondrous cold wondrously adv wondrousness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
wondrous adjective (Literary) wonderful, strange, amazing, extraordinary, fantastic, incredible, marvellous, awesome, miraculous, awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping a wondrous vast land of lakes and forests Translations 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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There was a King of Liang* -- a king of wondrous might -- Who kept an open palace, where music charmed the night -- Night's heart is full of pity for us: she cannot ease our aching; she takes our hand in hers, and the little world grows very small and very far away beneath us, and, borne on her dark wings, we pass for a moment into a mightier Presence than her own, and in the wondrous light of that great Presence, all human life lies like a book before us, and we know that Pain and Sorrow are but the angels of God. Did he not have enough to think about to keep the gardens so that his royal master and mistress might find pleasure in the shaded walks, the well-kept sward, and the gorgeous beds of foliage plants and blooming flowers which he set with such wondrous precision in the formal garden? |
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