I miss them so in the winter, when they all go away under the ground to their winter palace, and I am always so happy when I see the first snowdrop come.
By the Author of "Little Snowdropand Her Golden Casket," etc.
The Strawberry is among fruits what the Primrose and Snowdrop are among flowers, the harbinger of other good fruits to follow.
Theophrastus described the Leucojum, which was either the Snowdropor the spring Snowflake, as the earliest-flowering plant; Pliny literally translated Leucojum into Alba Viola.
A single pair of leaves rise from the Snowdrop root, with the flower-stalk between them.
Once when he answered her enthusiastic discovery of a snowdrop with only an absent-minded monosyllable, she glanced up at him curiously.
Gay's face brightened as she saw Lloyd on the back seat, looking as fresh as a snowdrop in her white linen dress.
All the snowdrop bulbs which are raised in Holland are grown under hedges or in orchards, where the roots of the trees impoverish the ground and take from it what the little bulbs dislike.
The snowdrop may, with justice, be called humble, certainly it has a much better right to the title than the violet.
The proud sire Beheld his pride go drooping in the cold, Like snowdrop on its grave; and sighed deep thanks That he was old.
Sad-hearted, be at peace: the snowdroplies Buried in sepulchre of ghastly snow; But spring is floating up the southern skies, And darkling the pale snowdrop waits below.
Secure beneath the earth the snowdrop lies, Waiting the spring's young resurrection-day, Through the kind nurture of the winter cold.
Up comes the primrose, wondering; The snowdrop droopeth by; The holy spirit of the spring Is working silently.
Weary and hopeful, to their sleep they go; And all night long the snowdrop glimmers white Thinning the dark, unknowing it, and unseen.
But now the angels are withdrawn, Because the flowers can speak; With Christ, we see the dayspring dawn In every snowdrop meek.
So we may share their blessedness with them; So may the snowdrop time be likewise ours; And Earth smile tearfully the spirit smile Wherewith she smiled upon our holiday, As a sweet child may laugh with weeping eyes.
Close by the ruined wall, where once had been The door dividing it from the great world, Making it home, a single snowdrop grew.
And all night long the snowdropglimmered white Amid the dark, unconscious and unseen.
Snowdrop was like, but to record the general appearance of other Snowdrops that are now to be met with in cultivation.
The rose is of Paradise--the snowdrop is of the striving, hoping, longing Earth.
Because of our need and aspiration, the snowdrop gives birth in our hearts to a loftier spiritual and poetic feeling, than the rose most complete in form, colour, and odour.
Close at hand a snowdrop drooped "its serious head.
Snowdrop took a bite of the apple and it lodged in her throat.
She laced them, and suddenly drew the cord so tight that Snowdrop could not breathe, but fell down as though dead.
They tied an apron that had belonged to Snowdrop about his neck, and put on a veil that hung down over his beak.
But a prince came by that way and saw Snowdrop lying there motionless.
His thoughts were all of those past days when Snowdrop had made their little house bright with her beauty.
Once the wicked one brought a poisoned comb and gave it to Snowdrop, and as soon as it was put in her hair Snowdrop fell down as though dead.
We had warned Snowdrop to beware of all strangers, but the child was so good and innocent herself that she could not think harm of any one.
Suddenly there was a rumble as of thunder, and a cloud of dust and stone rose from the Snowdrop Mine.
The flowers, which are pure white, and in long racemes, resemble much those of the Snowdrop Tree.
Then the vine and the snowdrop wept, and the pine-tree and the fir were very sad.
The pine-tree and the fir stopped quarrelling, and the snowdrop nestled closer to the vine, while the vine hugged the pine-tree very tightly.
Then the snowdrop sang a lullaby about the moss that loved the violet.
It was in the early spring, when the crocus and the snowdrop were in full bloom.
Here is a little snowdrop out of the solitary wood; here is an evergreen from the flower-pot at the tavern; and here is a simple blade of grass.
Snowdrop agreed and went with him, and their wedding was celebrated with great magnificence.
Queen, thou art fairest here, I hold, But Snowdropover the fells, Who with the seven Dwarfs dwells, Is fairer still a thousandfold.
Snowdrop It was the middle of winter, and the snowflakes were falling from the sky like feathers.
As Snowdrop was very hungry and thirsty she ate a little bread and vegetable from each plate, and drank a little wine from each cup, for she did not want to eat up the whole of one portion.
But Snowdrop grew up and became more and more beautiful, so that when she was seven years old she was as beautiful as the day, and far surpassed the Queen.
When they saw Snowdrop lying on the ground as though dead, they immediately suspected her stepmother, and searched till they found the poisoned comb.
The Dwarfs, when they came at evening, found Snowdrop lying on the ground and not a breath escaped her lips, and she was quite dead.
Snowdrop longed for the apple, and when she saw the Peasant Woman eating she could hold out no longer, stretched out her hand and took the poisoned half.
Now Snowdrop lay a long, long time in her coffin, looking as though she were asleep.
She was dismayed, for she knew that the Glass told no lies, and she saw that the Hunter had deceived her and that Snowdrop still lived.
Snowdrop peeped out of the window and said, 'Good-day, mother, what have you got to sell?
Not long after the seven Dwarfs came home, and were horror-struck when they saw their dear little Snowdrop lying on the floor without stirring, like one dead.
Sidling away from the snowdrop bed, The line curved forwards, the Abbess ahead.
When the snow-girt earth Cracks to let through a spurt Of sudden green, and from the muddy dirt A snowdrop leaps, how mark its worth To eyes frost-hardened, and do weary men Feel patience then?
The snowdrop bed Was reached and she bent down her head.
Snowdrop felt so hungry and so thirsty that she ate a bit of bread and a little porridge from each plate, and drank a drop of wine out of each tumbler.
Every morning the Dwarfs went into the mountain to dig for gold, and in the evening, when they returned home, Snowdrop always had their supper ready for them.
And the wicked woman had them stewed in salt, and ate them up, thinking she had made an end of Snowdrop for ever.
He saw the coffin on the hill, with the beautiful Snowdrop inside it, and when he had read what was written on it in golden letters, he said to the Dwarf: 'Give me the coffin.
Snowdrop shall die,' she cried; 'yes, though it cost me my own life.
And as he turned away a young boar came running past, so he shot it, and brought its lungs and liver home to the Queen as a proof thatSnowdrop was really dead.
My Lady Queen, you are fair, 'tis true, But Snowdrop is fairer far than you.
In the evening the seven Dwarfs came home, and you may think what a fright they got when they saw their dear Snowdrop lying on the floor, as still and motionless as a dead person.
She knocked at the door, as usual, but Snowdrop put her head out of the window and called out: 'I may not let anyone in, the seven Dwarfs have forbidden me to do so.
As she entered Snowdrop recognised her, and nearly fainted with fear; but red-hot iron shoes had been prepared for the wicked old Queen, and she was made to get into them and dance till she fell down dead.
But when the seventh came to his bed, he started back in amazement, for there he beheld Snowdrop fast asleep.
Snowdrop consented, and went with him, and the marriage was celebrated with great pomp and splendour.
Snowdrop looked out of the window and said: 'You must go away, for I may not let anyone in.
Snowdrop longed to eat the tempting fruit, and when she saw that the peasant woman was eating it herself, she couldn't resist the temptation any longer, and stretching out her hand she took the poisonous half.
He'll no more expect sense from you than from Snowdrop and her pups.
And the Cantab threw himself back and laughed till he cried, and Snowdrop and her pups barked furiously in a concert of excited sympathy.
Certainly; but then, by your own admission, you have no right to decide that your love for mathematics is wise, and my love for Snowdrop foolish; it may be quite au contraire.
She jumped up and rode gayly down the road; and Will and mamma and all the maids and Floss and Snowdrop ran to see the pretty sight.
They are the silverbell tree, and its little cousin, the snowdrop tree (Mohrodendron dipterum).
While the silverbell tree's range includes West Virginia, that of the snowdrop extends no farther north than South Carolina.
The silverbell tree grows with great luxuriance among the mountains while the snowdrop tree keeps to the low country and is seldom or never found growing naturally at any considerable elevation.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "snowdrop" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
