streamlet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of streamlet
Example Sentences
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Do thou, even thou, O faithful Anna! say Why this small Streamlet is to me so dear; Thou know'st, that while enjoyments disappear And sweet remembrances like flowers decay, 1820.
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William
In silence Matthew lay, and eyed The spring beneath the tree; And thus the dear old man replied, The gray-hair'd man of glee: 'No check, no stay, this Streamlet fears, How merrily it goes!
From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various
If we follow the e sound through the tale, we find it in Flea, beer, scream, creak, weeps, sweep, reason, heap, Tree, leaves, and Streamlet.
From A Study of Fairy Tales by Kready, Laura F.
And then the Streamlet said, "Now I must flow."
From A Study of Fairy Tales by Kready, Laura F.
No check, no stay, this Streamlet fears, How merrily it goes!
From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Palgrave, Francis Turner
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