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nounlifedrop (plural lifedrops)
plural lifedrops
- archaicpoeticA drop of blood, seen as sustaining vitality.
Oh! had ye known how souls to souls impart / Their fire, or mix the lifedrops of the heart!
1823, Richard Alfred Davenport, New Elegant Extracts, page 2211 more example
But where was I when thou didst fall beneath the fatal sword? / […] / And thou wert lying low the while, the lifedrops from thy heart / Fast gushing, like a mountain spring!
1869, Felicia Hemans, The Poetical Works of Felicia Hemans, page 415
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