You know there's a lot in lilacs, more than their beauty. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Chance] Reference
Beyond the lilacs was a small garden, or rather a series of small gardens. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Harbor] Reference
The lilacs are a true harbinger of spring, with that scent and beautiful blue. From Wordnik.com. [White Feather And Tree Peony Et Al « Fairegarden] Reference
POSTED BY KIM — Because of our wet spring, we saw a resurgence of interest in lilacs, which were at peak performance this year. From Wordnik.com. [Add a re-blooming lilac to your 2009 wish list « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog] Reference
Don't cut back spring bloomers such as lilacs, mock orange, quince, forsythia, flowering almond or others until after they finish blooming. From Wordnik.com. [KUSA-TV -] Reference
I know the sun shines, and the lilacs are blowing. From Wordnik.com. [War Poetry of the South] Reference
The lilacs I took the deacon did the work all right. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
"But I'll come and get those lilacs you spoke about.". From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
"Hide and seek" 'mongst the roses and lilacs to play. From Wordnik.com. [Nestlings A Collection of Poems] Reference
"An 'them lilacs is always fragrant," agreed the lady. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
Go humming round the lilacs and through the apple-trees. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Elocutionist] Reference
"And I put a bowl of lilacs on her table this morning," said. From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary] Reference
Back then, Spring, smelled like lilacs all the way to school. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from House in the Attic] Reference
The familiar odor of lilacs drifted over me whenever she passed by. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams of Reality, 4] Reference
A bride's dress has lately been ornamented with orange blossoms and lilacs. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
If I just had these lovely lilacs now, little birdie, I'd be perfectly happy. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
"Nothing, Aunty -- save to put a pretty bunch of lilacs on the table for you.". From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
And little lilacs lay died atop the lid. From Wordnik.com. [The Song of the Jardin Venus] Reference
It is the first of May, and the lilacs in the Luxembourg Gardens are in blossom. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Smell of lilacs and sight of lilacs shall bring to her heart these brothers. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
"W.en lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd" -- W.W. lilacs shall bloom for W.lt W.itman. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
December, and were planted directly in a frost-proof coldframe, as lilacs can be grafted. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
His eyes close for a moment and open to a spark of light trapped within the vase of lilacs. From Wordnik.com. [The Case for Mashed Potatoes] Reference
I went to a drum circle next night under the full moon in May, scotch broom and lilacs blooming. From Wordnik.com. [Inevitable break down] Reference
Set down here, child, where you can see out o 'the winder and smell the lilacs, and we'll look at. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
He had just come over with a vase of lilacs from his garden when he complained of a sudden thirst. From Wordnik.com. [Heron Lake] Reference
You rise and are tempted to plant your nose in her ponytail, the smell of lilacs and sweet butter. From Wordnik.com. [The Jaws of Life] Reference
Purple lilacs sweeten the warm air from the window over the sink before the breeze washes over his face. From Wordnik.com. [The Case for Mashed Potatoes] Reference
I'm tired of the garden, with its rows of lilacs, its sun-flowers, and its beds of catnip and penny-royal. From Wordnik.com. [Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends] Reference
Janice broke off a great branch of lilacs, shook off the dew, and buried her face in the fragrant blossoms. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
Although we were careful about it, the operation ended in eventual failure; the lilacs would never bloom again. From Wordnik.com. [The Boundary Line] Reference
At Tadashi Shoji's show at New York Fashion Week, gowns floated by in muted blushes, soft lilacs and pale golds. From Wordnik.com. [Tadashi Shoji Breezes By] Reference
I reckon she doesn't feel much like fighting any more, but likely she'll enjoy the smell of these lovely lilacs. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
I opened the gate softly and paused for a moment between the blossoming lilacs that grew on each side of the path. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
They threw open the big window and in flooded the perfume of lilacs and the twitter of sparrows, which is the nearest to. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
lilacs grow around the fence where the cat that belongs to no one likes to perch on top of a post, its nose in the lilacs. From Wordnik.com. [Sisters At The Lake] Reference
You darling Lilac Lady -- that's what I mean to call you always, 'cause you give away so many lilacs to make other folks happy. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
"Yes, and he has given me some lilacs; for he has a garden where we play together, and where my mother can always have flowers.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
When I understood what she'd taken me to mean it made me blush violet and crimson, like a chameleon in a field of lilacs and poppies. From Wordnik.com. [Courtly Love, a tail] Reference
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