It wafts on its currents the rich perfume Of the purple heath, and the honied broom; The golden furze, and the hawthorn fair, Shed all their sweets to the mountain air.
When the torch of health burns brightest, And the soul's rich banquet lies In air and ocean, earth and skies; Till the honied cup of pleasure Overflows with mental treasure.
I snatched from thee, whilst thou wast sporting, O honied Juventius, a kiss sweeter than sweet ambrosia.
E'en as thou played'st, from thee snatched I (O honied Juventius!
Our little Prince (though he heard them not) Hath been greeted with honied words, And his cheeks have been fondled to win a smile By the Privy Council Lords.
Are in their honied words sincere; And if they offer jewels rare, Lend not too readily thine ear.
Let the gay lizard too keep far aloof His scale-clad body from their honied stalls, And the bee-eater, and what birds beside, And Procne smirched with blood upon the breast From her own murderous hands.
And thou hast fed upon the flowers, And drained their honied springs, Till every tender hue they wore Is blooming on thy wings.
Tis hard for fly, in such a honied flood, To use her eyes, far more her wings or feet.
But soon let your unrestful rapture cease, Ye flaming Ethers thin, Condensing till the abiding sweetness win One sweet drop more; One sweet drop more in the measureless increase Of honied peace.
With honied words he tells the tale of his own honesty: his business intercourse with the deceased was in character most generous.
Go quickly to the chamber where Creusa sits, speak soft and honied words, Bring her Medea's greetings, and her gifts!
Three hours afterwards he was still immersed in the oil of cinnamomum with which the basin had been filled; and while he bathed he ate flamingoes' tongues with honied poppy-seeds on a spread ox-hide.
Afanassy to understand, with very un-honied looks that he might go--well, anywhere!
I have not the space to speak at length of the other enemies of the honied race: nor indeed is it at all necessary.
By this time, the sprinkled bees will have filled themselves, or if all have not done so, the grateful intelligence that sweets have been furnished them, will diffuse an unusual good nature through all the honied realm.
Its sweet-smelling and highly fragrant flowers blossom in May, and are much sought after by bees, because abounding with honied nectar.
His head The priestess marked, all bristling now with snakes, And flung a sop of honied drugs and bread.
The day was beautifully still, and he could almost smell the hot honied fragrance of the flowers, and hear the angry murmur of the busy flies, that sate basking on the leaves of the hedgerow.
My brother speaks well," he said, in a honied voice; "his wisdom is great.
A dram or two of the powder of the dried roots, taken fasting in a cup of honied water, works gently, and for the purposes aforesaid.
I can assure you that I am proof against both honied and bitter words.
And with a honied smile on his lips, he walked leisurely to the "dairy," puffing out vast volumes of smoke, and carrying himself like a man whose happiness cannot be disturbed by a buffet more or less.
And then began their skirmish of love-making; he making use of all the honied words at his command, she replying to each loving phrase with a proud, tierce parry.
And what marvels of industry are accomplished by self-love, which seeks more assiduously than bees for the honieddrops of flattery that feed its existence!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "honied" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
