The legions of Túrán, with dread surprise, Saw o'er the plain successive myriads rise; And showed them to Sohráb; he, mounting high The fort, surveyed them with a fearless eye; To Húmán, who, with withering terror pale, Had marked their progress through the distant vale, He pointed out the sight, and ardent said: "Dispel these woe-fraught broodings from thy head, I wage the war, Afrásiyáb!

But two days out from home we saw a sight to make us glad and end our brooding for a space.

Her face still kept its tranquil brooding, but her slow gray eyes had a secret tremor, they were almost alert, as if she were on the watch.

In one of the hymns, for instance, in our hymn-book an excellent hymn in other respects, there is a line which speaks of the Holy Spirit as possessing "The brooding of the gentle dove.

She was little more than a child in years,not yet fourteenand the loneliness and gloom of such an hour in the great house might have set an older fancy brooding on vague terrors.