blaze of glory in English

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          "text": "1718, Alexander Pope, trans., Homer, The Iliad, Book XVII, line 240.\nA blaze of glory ere thou fad'st away."
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          "ref": "1686, John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther",
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        "A sight, usually associated with a deity, that is forbidden or that is too glorious to behold."
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          "behold",
          "behold"
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  "word": "blaze of glory"
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"blaze of glory" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms