For where, but on this River's margin, blow Those flowers of chivalry, to bind the brow Of hardihood with wreaths that shall not fail?
Seasons twine Luxuriant wreaths around thy forehead hoar; And, though past pomp no changes can restore, A soothing recompense, his gift, is thine!
So saying, she plunged again into the dell, and descended it with great agility, the icicles and snow-wreaths showering down after her as she disappeared.
They were now loaded with snow instead of leaves, and thus formed a sort of frozen canopy over the rivulet beneath, which was marked by its darker colour, as it soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow.
Of those the locks with flow'ry wreaths enroll'd, Of these the sides adorn'd with swords of gold, That glittering gay from silver belts depend.
The most interesting monument is the granite sarcophagus, engraved with seven names, surrounded by laurel wreaths of the victims of the last rebellion.
However, this people understood long before we did, the use of lovely wreaths of coloured flowers, to mitigate the gloom of mourning, and the coffin is hung with them.
Over the doors and windows, up and down the porch, along the fence, and even around the well, they twined the long ropes and fastened the green wreaths and boughs.
It is the poet's day, and there will be wreaths and garlands hanging on his tree, and a band of music playing some of his songs.
There was Grinling Gibbons working his artistic profusion in wreaths of flowers and fruit carved in wood, and there were the treasures of the silversmith, to say nothing of the sumptuous furniture that was beginning to make its way in England.
In the earlier pieces the tile design is evident, quite unsuitable for a round plate, in spite of Wedgwood's addition of wreaths and ribbons in enamel painting to help out the incongruity.
The Christmas Monks are a jolly brethren; the robes of their order are white, gilded with green garlands, and they never are seen out at any time of the year without Christmas wreaths on their heads.
The cloudwreaths on this side took the form of spiral twirls, and a fresh, cold draught struck Manamandhla on the left ear.
The two--the white man and the dark man--thus stood fronting each other in the spectral wreaths of the drear mist, each resolved that one or other of them should not leave that spot alive.
I shall pluck them and weave wreaths for my bride-wedding wreaths.
The grateful crowd in the auditorium of the Empire would have covered the stage with wreaths if it had known that wreaths were used for other occasions than funerals; which it did not know.
Garlands of flowers, and wreaths of laurel, festooned many of the houses, in front of which blazed coloured cressets and lamps.
First of all, the guests were crowned withwreaths of fair and fragrant flowers.
He could see, as through a magnifying glass, the capitals of the pillars sculptured at a time when all knowledge of the classical orders was forgotten and which crowned the Gothic columns with wreaths of nettle and holly.
In flowerywreaths the royal virgin dressed His bending horns, and kindly clapped his breast.
I long to dance and revel With sweet Bromian, long desired, 625 In loved ivy wreaths attired; Leaving this abandoned home-- Will the moment ever come?
While talking, the girls had been busily plaiting garlands of oak leaves, and now they proceeded to crown each other, and hang long wreaths on neck and arm.
How glad the tone when summer's sun Wreaths the gay world with flowers, And trees bend down with golden fruit, And birds are in their bowers!
What good are marigold wreaths when one is on the rubbish-heap?
Marigold wreathsare a sign of reverence all India over.
But surely I saw Marigold wreaths floating off the edge of the Ghaut only this noon," said the Adjutant.
So I lived by the Ghaut, very close to my own people, and I watched over them year after year; and they loved me so much that they threw marigold wreaths at my head whenever they saw it lift.
I can sniff the water now, with its softwreaths of mist floating around.
Architectural mouldings, wreaths of flowers, cupids, and an allegorical figure of Faith are harmoniously combined in the design, the size of the whole frame being 4 ft.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wreaths" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
