Why floats the amaranth in eternal bloom O'er Ilium's turrets and Achilles' tomb?
I've dispatch'd a shallop to tell Lady Amaranth you're here.
If it's two, your son is at this moment walking with Lady Amaranth in her garden.
Is it possible you can be my niece, Lady Maria Amaranth Thunder?
To such a character as this, the only possibility of throwing out fresh bloom is when the tree is grafted by the great Husbandman with amaranth from Heaven.
In his case the amaranth had been grafted in, and the plant was blossoming again.
And just at that moment a red glare appeared in the head of the chute and the Amaranth came springing after them!
The Amaranth was within three hundred yards of the Boreas, and still gaining.
Propt on this "bank of amaranth and moly," Beneath the shade of boughs unmelancholy, I meditate on Æstas and on Hymen!
The priests of the god prepared a life-size statue like his original image, the bones of which were composed of mezquite-wood, the flesh of tzoalli, a dough made from amaranth and other seeds.
Cakes made of wild amaranth or savory, called tzatzapaltamale, were also offered.
The central figure, attired in a large white turban and a rich robe of bright amaranth silk, was that of an old man of patriarchal appearance, and as he lifted his head at our entrance, our eyes met.
The years, so far from doing her wrong, Anointed her with gracious balm, And made her brows more and more young With wreaths of amaranth and palm.
Among the chief favourites may be mentioned an amaranthwith purple leaves, giving out a very rich colour upon pressure being applied, and a species of mint-like herb which they dry in bunches, and carry about with them.
In Sumatra, the people of the Batta country lead in times of peace a purely pastoral life, and are accustomed to play on a kind of flute crowned with garlands of Amaranth and other flowers.
The Amaranth was also classed among the funeral flowers.
The Amaranth was formerly known as Flower Gentle, Flower Velure, Floramor, and Velvet Flower.
In modern times, the Amaranth has given its name to an order instituted by Queen Christiana of Sweden, in the year 1633, at an entertainment given in honour of Don Antonio Pimentel, the Spanish Ambassador.
The same poet, as well as Spenser, classes the Amaranthamongst "those flowers that sad embroidery wear.
At the Floral Games at Toulouse, a golden Amaranth was awarded for the best lyric composition.
Homer describes the Thessalians as wearing crowns of Amaranth at the funeral of Achilles; and Thessalus decorated the tomb of the same hero with Amaranth-blossoms.
The Amaranthis also selected as one of the flowers peculiarly appropriate to Ascension Day.
The Swiss peasants affirm that the Ascension Day wreaths of the amaranth make the wearer invisible, and in the Tyrol the mistletoe is credited with this property.
Mourners, too, wore flowers at the funeral rites, and Homer relates how the Thessalians used crowns of amaranth at the burial of Achilles.
As far back as the time of Pliny, the water-lily was regarded as an antidote to the love-philtre, and the amaranth was used for curbing the affections.
The face of the human image that looked out over these dough clouds was daubed with melted ulli; and to both cheeks of it were stuck little tortillas, or cakes of the everywhere-present dough of wild amaranth seeds.
Then was prepared, to be set on the very top of the pole or tree, a statue of the god Xiuhtecutli, made like a man out of the dough of wild amaranth seeds, and covered and decorated with innumerable white papers.
After eating a meal of wild amaranth seed and honey, a fast was ordered, even the drinking of water till noon being forbidden.
They made the images--apparently like human figures--out of the dough of wild amaranth seed, and covered them with paper.
Down they cast Their crowns, inwove with amaranthand gold.
She didn't like those scenes she had as Lady Amaranth the adventuress with Henderson.
The prizes consisted of an amaranth and rose of gold, and of a violet, marigold, and lily, of silver.
This has large and full flowers, of an amaranth color.
Evie went half wild with joy about a certain crystal bath; I about theAmaranth Room.
I took the Iddesleigh Gate House, wonderful ceilings andAmaranth Room and all, from the late Baron Stillhausen.
The Amaranth Ah, in the night, all music haunts me here.
Is it for naught high Heaven cracks and yawns And the tremendous Amaranth descends Sweet with the glory of ten thousand dawns?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "amaranth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
