flow'ry

A flock certainly looks better in a flow'ry field than in a Fold, and they differ from the ladies in this — they require driving into prison, the ladies go without.

Letter 86 2009

Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her The flow'ry May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose.

'The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton' 2008

Out one side of their faces flow flow'ry words, out the other side flows none but lies.

Ye Olde Political Theatre 2007

Till a pair I spied by a river side on Erin's flow'ry vale.

Erin's Flowery Vale 1996

Free from their harness, graze the flow'ry ground.

The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

Were four white steeds that cropp'd the flow'ry field.

The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

But the flow'ry fields of early years shall never lose their bloom.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

When first the peasant, long inclin'd to roam, Forsakes his rural sports and peaceful home, Pleas'd with the scene the smiling ocean yields, He scorns the verdant meads and flow'ry fields: Then dances jocund o'er the watery way, While the breeze whispers, and the streamers play: Unbounded prospects in his bosom roll, And future millions lift his rising soul; In blissful dreams he digs the golden mine, And raptur'd sees the new-found ruby shine.

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

The feast, the cheerful guest, the flow'ry wreath, {350}

Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy Richard Green Moulton 1886

The flow'ry wine brings forth, and cups that might

Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan Various 1880