Example Sentences
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Riding post Have I heard, Since the day When my king Took away With him spring, And the cup Of each flower Shrivelled up That same hour, With no light Left behind.
From A Dark Month From Swinburne's Collected Poetical Works Vol. V by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Shrivelled ferns bending over its mouth promised summer beauties.
From Ethel Morton's Enterprise by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)
For every tree that stood there, And the green grass every blade, Shrivelled and died on every side, Whenever the price was paid.
From Bees in Amber A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse by Oxenham, John
Shrivelled and wan, with a skin of parchment and hair of flax, her eyes nevertheless glittered like those of a hawk, and her hands were ablaze with diamonds of wonderful lustre.
From The Great White Army by Pemberton, Max, Sir
Shrivelled and faded, they rustled to the earth.
From Pioneers of France in the New World by Parkman, Francis
