Meaning of lifedrop | Babel Free

Definitions

A drop of blood, seen as sustaining vitality.

archaic, poetic

Examples

“Oh! had ye known how souls to souls impart / Their fire, or mix the lifedrops of the heart!”

“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!”

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