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Her rose maids of honor, in filmiest laces, Loitered and lingered in shy woodland places; And white-vested lilies were ever at prayer; Their vespers, the perfume that sweetened the air.

From Rosemary and Rue by Amber

Oh! ever thus convivial round the gate Of Letters have the masters and the young Loitered away their enterprises great, Since Spenser revelled in the halls of state, And at his tavern rarest Jonson sung.

From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by Townsend, George Alfred

But one pale woman all alone, The daylight kissing her wan hair, Loitered beneath the gas lamps' flare, With lips of flame and heart of stone.

From Modern British Poetry by Untermeyer, Louis

We heard the reef's far rollers croon About the ocean's margent, where Loitered the waning moon ...

From Ioläus The man that was a ghost by Mackereth, James Allan

The tables were drawn, it was idlesse all, Knight and page and household squire Loitered through the lofty hall, Or crowded round the ample fire.

From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon