"Lily-white" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... her by the lily-white hand, Lead her o'er the water; Give her kisses, one, two, three, For she's a ...
— The Black Douglas • S. R. Crockett
... or ever Etain with her golden head Had nestled to sleep in her lily-white bed, She breathed a dream to her fairy lover, Please, God, bless Anwyl and me, ...
— Collected Poems - Volume One (of 2) • Alfred Noyes
... swimmin' up an' down through it all with the faithful Antonio at 'is side, fetchin' him numerous splits. 'E had eight that mornin', an' when Antonio was detached to get 'is spy-glass, or his gloves, or his lily-white 'andkerchief, the old man man would waste 'em down a ventilator. Antonio must ha' learned a ...
— Traffics and Discoveries • Rudyard Kipling
... if he were seen; But in the covert of the wood did bide Beholding all, yet of them unespied; There he did see that pleased so much his sight That even he himself his eyes envied, A hundred naked maidens lily-white, All ranged in a ring and dancing ...
— Among My Books • James Russell Lowell
... lily-white hand, As for to do her best: "Hae there your faith and troth, Willie, God send ...
— A Bundle of Ballads • Various
... blushing dame; "and be sure and tell him, if he questions you, that I obeyed his behests to the best of my ability. I pray you taste this pippin jelly, dame. It is as red as rubies, but not so red as your lips, or some leach of almonds, which, lily-white though it be, is not to be compared with the teeth that ...
— The Lancashire Witches - A Romance of Pendle Forest • William Harrison Ainsworth
... night The sunset slowly died away, And herds of strange deer, lily-white, Stole forth among the branches gray; About the coming of the light, They fled like ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 2 (of 4) • Various
... window-seat a number of books were piled, books that had patently been newly dusted, and Evander, glancing at these, found that they were all theological, an attention which made him smile. A table decked with lily-white linen and silver furniture bore ...
— The Lady of Loyalty House - A Novel • Justin Huntly McCarthy
... With the invisible joy that wakes dawn o'er the green fields of England. Summer glows warm on the meadows; then come, let us roam thro' them gaily, Heedless of heat, and the hot-kissing sun, and the fear of dark freckles. Never one kiss will he give on a neck, or a lily-white forehead, Chin, hand, or bosom uncovered, all panting, to take the chance coolness, But full sure the fiery pressure leaves seal of espousal. Heed him not; come, tho' he kiss till the soft little upper-lip loses Half its pure whiteness; just ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... the same token, can I. Only when I am nominated, I don't worry any more. There is a general election, I believe, but that doesn't fret me much. We have eliminated the opposition down our way—perfectly legal and statutory. Oh, yes. There are a few 'lily-white' votes cast on the other side, they tell me,—sort of a registered kick for conscience's sake, I suppose,—but it is just a matter of form, and nobody gets excited over it. They are trifles ...
— The Statesmen Snowbound • Robert Fitzgerald
... black in the face, and you can keep on swearing till you're lily-white again, and then it won't be any good. You gave me away to Taylor because you were afraid I should do you harm at Littimer Castle. That Daisy Bell of a girl ...
— The Crimson Blind • Fred M. White
... when lilies blow, And clouds are highest up in air, Lord Ronald brought a lily-white doe To give ...
— The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson • Tennyson
... the twilight comes midnight, who wears A mantle of purple so old, so old! Who stables the lily-white moon, it is said, In a wonderful chamber with violet stairs, Up which you can see her come, silent of tread, On hoofs ...
— Weeds by the Wall - Verses • Madison J. Cawein
... and raes on Bilhope braes, There's a herd on Shortwood Shaw; But a lily-white doe in the garden goes, She's fairly worth ...
— Bride of Lammermoor • Sir Walter Scott
... tapers was in the submerged cellar. So she took the lantern from its nail and set it on the floor at the head of the two pallets, and it threw scattered spots of lustre on Rice's white forehead and Maria's hair. This humble shrouded torch, impertinent as it looked when the lily-white moonlight lay across it, yet reminded beholders of a stable, and a Child born in a stable who had taught the race to turn ...
— Old Kaskaskia • Mary Hartwell Catherwood
... were we young, as we ance hae been, We suld hae been galloping down on yon green, And linking it owre the lily-white lea,— And werena my ...
— Robert Burns • Principal Shairp |
