A lyric is a short poem reflecting some personal emotion, like love or grief.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Close to the waggon stood Panteley, Emelyan, looking like a triangle, and the giants.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Then there were beady pincushions made by seamen, and a stuffed parrot exactly like life, except that one eye was out, and Chinese junks in beautiful carved ivory, and a pagoda (or Chinese temple), and that was of ivory too, and all carved out of one solid block, Miss Patty said.
— from Oswald Bastable and Others by E. (Edith) Nesbit

The Prince of Taranto answers that the executioner may be the supreme law for a king, "Mai pèr un qu'a l'ounour dins lou piés e dins l'amo, Uno escorno, cousin, se purgo emé la lamo."
— from Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Charles Alfred Downer

Et le preuvent par tiex ( ces ) raisons: Que les diversités veues [Pg 476] Ne sont pas eu lor liz ( lits ) venues, Ains ( anzi It.)
— from The Fairy Mythology Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries by Thomas Keightley