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Then it had been lovely with narcissus and violets; now golden rod had kindled its fairy torches in the corners and asters dotted it bluely.

From Anne of the Island by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

A window framed trolley-bus poles that, tacking, flared bluely along the wire.

From Unmanned by Oliver, Stephen

Her eyes were two skies that smiled more bluely than God's one.

From H. R. by Lefevre, Edwin

That mystic moth, which, with a sense profound Of all unholy presence, augurs truly; And with a grim significance flits round The taper burning bluely.

From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas

His eyes showed his inward trouble, they looked bluely dense and clouded.

From For the Major A Novelette by Woolson, Constance Fenimore