chaliced
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Hark! hark! the lark at Heaven's gate sings, And Phœbus 'gins to rise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies.
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson
Blossoms hold Mines of gold Deep within the farthest heart of each chaliced flower.
From A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass by Lowell, Amy
Why, one may ask, are some lilies radiantly colored and speckled; others, like the Easter lily, deep chaliced, white, spotless?
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Blanchan, Neltje
We who have struggled through the baffling night, Where men were men and every man divine, While round us brave hearts perished for the right By chaliced shell-holes stained with life's rich wine.
From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George
While Zephyr broods o'er moonlight rill The flowerets droop as if to die, And from their chaliced cup distil The tears of sensibility.
From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Trevelyan, George Otto, Sir
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