new-sprung
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of new-sprung
Example Sentences
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The drizzle had developed into a fine, driving rain that swept aslant upon the wings of a new-sprung breeze.
From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph
Most grateful odors greet the well-charmed sense, From blooming fruit-trees o'er yon garden fence; The sweet wild-flowers amid the new-sprung grass Make it seem carpeted in Fancy's glass.
From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Cowherd, Thomas
Lo, the herb of healing, when once the herb is known, Shines in shady woods bright as new-sprung flame.
From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George
FLOW, Waters! spread afar my zones of green, So I with salt baptismal waves may haunt And bathe the new-sprung continents terrene, Hearing my freshets and young rivers chaunt.
From The Masque of the Elements by Scheffauer, Herman George
Joined to these, Innumerous songsters, in the freshening shade Of new-sprung leaves, their modulations mix Mellifluous.
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10 Poetical Quotations by Carman, Bliss
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