"Cornflower" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the light! Blue as lupin or larkspur, or cornflower—aye, and even so blue art thou, my scriven, to think how far the written page falls short of the bright ecstasy of thy dream! In the bottle, what magnificence of unpenned stuff lies cool and liquid: what fluency of essay, what fonts of song. As the bottle glints, blue as a squill ...
— Mince Pie • Christopher Darlington Morley
... identity of the wearer interested her far less than the primary considerations of the coat's cut and material, and the secondary decision whether or not she herself would like such a garment. Consequently, she glanced but apathetically at Norma; she had seen the dotted blue swiss before, and the cornflower hat; she had seen Aunt Annie's French organdie; there was nothing there either to envy ...
— The Beloved Woman • Kathleen Norris
... with his cornflower-blue eyes and quiet, quizzical smile, he would say without the least confusion as he twisted the ...
— Through Russia • Maxim Gorky
... and reds of many shades. On the plains the reds prevailed, changing into various purples on hills and mountain slopes; but high on the mountains the color was blue; and this also had many gradations, from the lower deep cornflower blue to a delicate azure on the summits, resembling that ...
— A Crystal Age • W. H. Hudson |
