For some obscure reason the perfume about him, flowers of tsin-tsin, seemed to grow in their nostrils.
A perfume hung about the man, the indescribable odor of tsin-tsin flowers from the humid jungles of Venus.
The Rose said, 'In the shade From the dawn's tears is made A perfume faint and strange, Amber and honey sweet.
Glad life, sad life we did forego To dream of quietness and rest; Ah, would the fleet sweet roses here Poured light and perfume through the drear Pale year, and wan land of the west.
In walking they trod upon the violet borders that grew rank and sprawling, and the subtle perfumeof the crushed flowers scented the air deliciously.
Red roses sweet, Blooming there at my feet, Just dripping with honey and perfume and cheer; What a weakling I'd be If I tried not to see The joy and the comfort you bring to us here.
He perceived for the first time a perfume from the green plants in his window-box, which seemed to grow before his eyes and give an odor like the breath of a runner.
Russian violet was the callingperfume in vogue in Banbridge.
The lane was a long one, between untrimmed hedges that breathed the delicate perfume of wild flowers, on one side a field of clover, a strawberry garden on the other.
The perfume of summer flowers was in the air through which they drove, and the village that hemmed the fatal common, so recently a scene of ignominious death, was as rustic as a hamlet in Buckinghamshire.
Their perfume had a flavour of the East--some valley in Cashmere--till a succession of smoking roasts polluted the atmosphere.
The members of this family were very particular not to use perfume of any kind themselves, lest the people should imagine that they put the sweet spices used in the manufacture of the incense to a baser use.
Like a bed of fragrant spices is Israel, the sweet savour of piety ascends on high, the perfume of learning lingers on the passing breeze, and the bed of beauty is fenced round by gentle peace.
Better love's perfume in the empty bowl Than wine's nepenthe for the aching soul Sweeter than song that ever poet sung, It makes an old heart young!
And some, that, like the Winter-Nelis, have been hard and uninviting until all the rest have had their season, get their glow and perfume long after the frost and snow have done their worst with the orchards.
The air is laden with the perfume of the sweet grasses, and the way is bordered by blossoming hawthorns and wild roses.
From bush to bush the cuckoo flies, The orchis red gleams everywhere; Gold furze with broom in blossom vies, The blue-bells perfumeall the air.
Every turn of their visitor's head, every sweep of her tasteful draperies, every puff of the faint delicate perfume she used, every tone of her deep vibrating voice was as the wave of an enchanter's wand to the bewildered girl.
This fruit is likened by Paez to "lumps of flavored cream ready to be frozen, suspended from the branches of some fairy tree amidst the most overpoweringperfume of its flowers.
Some of them possessed a most delicate fragrance, while others emitted a delightful perfume that spread over the greater part of our deck.
Delicious zephyrs, fanning their balmy wings, bathed our brows with dewy freshness, sweet with perfume from ambrosial fruits and tropic flowers.
Her perfume was like incense; her manner perfect reverence.
I found perfume in these caves--great jars of it, and I use it always.
The air was full of the perfume he had learned to recognize as Yasmini's, but there was no sniff about the bodies of pitch or bitumen, or of any other chemical.
If Rewa Gunga had been near enough to her and intimate enough with her not only to become scented with her unmistakable perfume but even to get her hair on his person, then gone was all imagination of her love for himself!
But now I have breathed the perfume which exhales from her person, her voice has caressed my ear, I have heard my name tremble on her lips!
He unfolded the letter with trembling fingers; it exhaled the delicate perfume which he loved so much.
The walls of the hall which he entered glittered faintly in the dim light; they gave out flashes of gold, the whiteness of pearls and purple reflections, while an exquisite perfume floated in the air.
The woman threw the contents of her flask in the boy's face; but he hid behind the silver disk of a mirror which he was polishing, and the perfume fell to the ground.
Our poor master knows no moderation," said an old woman, scattering drops of perfume over a court cloak.
Suddenly the Prince rose up; he remembered that inside the envelope this subtle and delicious perfume would doubtless be better preserved.
Night had come; to the heat of the day had succeeded a delicious coolness, and the air was full of perfume from the garden flowers, wet with dew.
He mechanically repeated it:-- "Color and perfume fade away.
Next he stepped to the mirror; and pouring perfume upon his head, placed on it his helmet of black horn, crowned in front with a copper plate of crescent shape; he tied it under his chin, and cut the loose ends of silk cord.
The touch of the soft stuff, the familiar perfume exhaled from it, sent an ardent thrill through the Prince's veins.
He saw that the helmet-strings were cut, and inhaled the perfume with which the hair was soaked.
I like to steep my soul in a sea of quiet, with nothing floating past me, as I lie moored to my thought, but the perfume of flowers, and soaring birds, and shadows of clouds.
THAT NIGHT You and I, and that night, with its perfume and glory!
As the lady held out more tea for Paul and he drew near to take it, he caught once more, as at Lucerne, the faintest breath of that strange perfume so dear to his memory.
And then as Paul hesitated for an instant, she fled through the heavy draperies into the room beyond, leaving but a breath of the faint, sweet perfume to hallow the air.
The perfumeof this herb, its freshness and flavour, induced me to try it as a vegetable, and we found it to be delicious, tender as spinach, and to preserve a very green colour when boiled.
The bed of this watercourse was covered with a plant resembling clover or trefoil, but it had a yellow flower, and a perfume like that of woodrooffe.
The perfume from the recently burnt bushes of Acacia pendula was most fragrant, and, to me, quite new.
The upper part is often trimmed with lace, the sleeves are wide, the folds are long and flowing, and usually give forth a perfumeof ambergris or violet.
Do for him whom you love that which these women do for all the world; do not content yourselves with being virtuous--be attractive, perfume your hair, nurture illusion as a rare plant in a golden vase.
The beliefs of childhood piously inculcated in your heart suddenly reawaken; a vague perfume of incense again penetrates the air.
A delightful warmth met me face to face, and I breathed a vague perfume of violets and orris-root, or something akin, with which the air of the room was laden.
I could not help it; she exhaled a delightful perfume which mounted to my brain, and the contact of this dear creature whom I touched, despite myself, swept away all my resolutions.
Then again trees recover vigour and put forth flowers in consequence of odours, good and bad, of the sacred perfume of diverse kinds of dhupas.
Its taste is soft and sweet in the mouth like wine, and there's always a faint perfume about it like gardens in summer.
He smelt leaves and the earth and the moist things of the ground, the wonderful perfume of the life of the soil.
For the Wind of the South Is like wine in the mouth, With its whispering showers And perfume of flowers, When it falls like a sigh From the heart of the sky.
And when they came down again from these perilous heights, the scents of the earth rose to meet them, the perfume of woods and fields, and the smells of the open country.
Yesterday I revelled in perfect unselfconsciousness: I had to leave the flower-bed in order to breathe the perfume of flowers.
