Tho' blossoms of promise Are lost in the rose, I still see the face Of my small picaninny Unchang'd, for these cheeks Are as blooming as those.
When the first blossoms appear in the early summer, it is time to start the mower.
We know now, however, that a thorough spraying just after the blossoms fall kills the worms and renders the bands unnecessary.
You know that when peach or apple blossoms are nipped by the spring frost the fruit crop is in danger.
Stamens and pistils may even occur in separate plants, and some blossoms have no sepals or petals at all.
Nectar=: a sweetish substance in blossoms of flowers from which bees make honey.
After the blossoms appear keep the soil moist until the crop ripens.
If you look closely you will find in the spring very small flowers on the elm and on the maple, while the ear and the tassel are really the blossoms of the corn plant.
You may often see her visiting the blossoms of the Jimson weed.
These blossoms were of such extraordinary beauty and richness that no one could have passed them without notice.
You are at an age when the blossoms of the mind are setting, to make fruit; and the practice of pupil-mongering is an absolute blight for this process.
The flower-stalk is from four to six inches long, and stands finely out from the wall, many blossoms being exhibited at the same time in different stages of development.
My last Berlin pattern was of convolvuli, and that lovely group of flowers I copied had several blossoms in it, and I am sure there were plenty of tendrils in both.
And the Pandavas, and the illustrious Krishna, together with their friends, saw those unearthly blossoms of five hues.
O Partha, on these slopes of the Gandhamadana, yon beautiful blossoming trees, being embraced by creepers with blossoms at their tops, look lovely.
And on the summits of the mountain, they saw blooming karnikaras bearing blossoms of a golden hue, appearing like ear-rings of excellent make.
Then, O great king, bearing unearthly variegated blossoms Vayu (the Wind-god) fell to strewing them around the Pandava.
And they saw mango trees graced with blossoms hummed over by black bees, and serving the purpose of Cupid's shafts.
What for should I be decoratin' my fingers wid the red blossoms o' the Lusmore, if I was as ould as you say?
But when a well-informed and cultivated intelligence blossoms into keen appreciation of the beautiful, no language so delicately as French conveys minute shades of thought and feeling.
The path led up along the side of the flat, through tall grass and all the brilliant blossoms of a mountain meadow in June.
Wherefore Marie found herself looking for work again, just when spring was opening all the fruit blossoms and merchants were smilingly telling one another that business was picking up.
Of all German cactus blossoms this is the most ethereal.
The tree of history is enriched with no nobler and fairer boughs and blossoms than have grown from the French stock.
The curlew is still whistling under the plum-bushes not far away, so that the dog sometimes starts up to see who calls him; but now all the fragrant plum-blossoms have fallen away and the small green fruit hangs in clusters.
She had never met one who could love her as she could love; and in the orange-grove of her affections the white, perfumed blossoms and golden fruit wasted away unclaimed.
The practice of wearing Orange-blossoms and wreaths by brides has been derived from the Saracens, amongst whom the Orange-flower was regarded as emblematic of a happy and prosperous marriage.
Fair Maids of February are Snowdrops, so called from their delicate white blossoms opening about the second of that month, when it was customary for maidens, dressed in white, to walk in procession at the Feast of the Purification.
The winter Thorn, which Blossoms at Christmas, mindful of our Lord.
The Romans named the European Marigold Calendula--the flower of the Calends--from a notion that itblossoms the whole year.
The natives, also, are fond of offering the beautiful scarlet flowers in their temples, and the females intertwine the blossoms in their hair.
The baneful properties of this honey arose from the poisonous nature of the blossoms of the Azalea Pontica, from which the bees had collected it.
Trifolium arvense is Hare's Foot, from the soft grey down which surrounds the blossoms resembling the delicate fur of the Hare's foot.
It is, in fact, "That blue flower which Brahmins say Blooms nowhere but in Paradise," for the earthly sort has yellowblossoms with which the Hindu maidens are fond of ornamenting their raven hair.
The Couch of Jupiter and Juno was formed of the blossoms of Lotus, Lily, Hyacinth, Crocus, and Asphodel.
In Persia, it is the Basil-tuft that waves its fragrant blossoms over tombs and graves.
The Knights of the Genest wore a chain composed of blossoms of the Genet (Broom) in gold alternately with white enamelled Fleurs de Lis, from which was suspended, a gold cross with the motto "Deus exaltat humiles.
Most of them refer to the blossoms of bulbous plants, which appear in the early Spring; and, as a rule, white flowers are represented as having originated from tears, and pink or red flowers from blushes or blood.
All the dog-wood blossoms are underneath the tree, Browned at the edges, turned in a day; And I would with all my heart they trimmed a mound for me, And weeds were tall on all the paths that led that way!
III All the dog-wood blossoms are underneath the tree!
At dawn from my damp garden I shook the chilly dew; The thin boughs locked behind me That sprang to let me through; The blossoms slept,--I sought a place Where nothing lovely grew.
Warm lights in many a secret chamber shine Of thy gaunt house, and gusts of song have blown Like blossoms out to me that sat alone!
I recall a place Where a plum-tree grew; There you lifted up your face, And blossoms covered you.
The morning time grew rank with summer blight; The birds flew northward, fresher fields to find; And in our hearts we closed the folding blind, While drooping blossoms withered in the light.
Rosewood, and velvet, and pansies, and roses, Blossomsfrom loving hands tenderly cast.
One who sat in her silk and lace, With gems on her bosom and smiles on her face, And hot-house blossoms in her hair, While her fan kept time to the swaying rhyme Of the lilting opera air.
A guardian's anger, or a parent's frown, Nips love's fresh blossoms and a wish uncrown.
To sprinkle our fresh blossoms with thy dust, Till by abortive funerals, thou bring That to an Autumn, Nature meant a Spring?
Until she is 20 she lives under a strict taboo; then, as she strings lehua blossoms in the woods, the elepaio bird comes in the form of a handsome man and carries her away in a fog to be the bride of Kalamaula, chief's son of Kawaihae.
Birds bear her upon their wings and serve her with abundance of food prepared without labor, and of their golden feathers her royal house is built; sweet-scented vines and blossoms surround her; mists shroud her when she goes abroad.
The longer the morning dew remains hanging in the blossoms of flowers, the more beautiful the day.
The blossoms of passion, gay and luxuriant flowers, are brighter and fuller of fragrance, but they beguile us and lead us astray, and their odor is deadly.
Alan Seeger] I have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes back with rustling shade And apple-blossoms fill the air -- I have a rendezvous with Death When Spring brings back blue days and fair.
Witter Bynner] Because we felt there could not be A mowing in reality So white and feathery-blown and gay With blossoms of wild caraway, I said to Celia, "Let us trace The secret of this pleasant place!
The wind which rocked that huge reptile—the gift of a disappointed Sultan—sent the petals of ten thousand orange blossoms drifting over our heads in a perfumed snow-storm.
The air was made of perfume—orange blossomsand acacias; and the vast flowery plain where Seville is queen gave us a tolerable road, on which the car ran lightly.
A morning in Paradise could scarcely be more beautiful; and the pinky-purple blossoms of the alamo shimmering in a rosy mist against dark cypress trees, or mingling with the white lace of hawthorn was a colour-symphony of Spring.
They love a warm and moist air such as calls forth the odours of the fragrant blossoms that provide their sweets, and show no dislike to a fine drizzling rain that you yourself would prefer to avoid.
Sallow blossom in spring and ivy bloom in autumn should be carefully and frequently watched, and at other times the blossoms of heather, ragwort, bramble, clover, and various other flowers must be searched.
Those who intend giving special attention to these blossoms should be provided with some form of apparatus that will enable them to extend their operations as high as possible.
The fresh blossoms of the jasmine resemble the bloom of a young bride, and the newly-formed shoots of the mango appear to make it her natural protector.
Indeed it seems to pay dearly for the fragrance of its wood: 'The root is infested by serpents, the blossoms by bees, the branches by monkeys, the summit by bears.
Flowers, and especially the opening blossoms of the mango, would naturally be much employed for decoration at this festival, as an offering to the god of love.
My love is now afar, he then was nigh; Torn lies the garland, the fair blossoms strew'd.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "blossoms" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
