glisten

Example Sentences

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But the rows of dark mouths that have spoken   Defiance with sulphurous breath, Glisten black, stretching forth in the silence,   And in vain ask the presence of death.

From Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses by Campbell, John Douglas Sutherland

She stands again by a garden wall, The peach tree is in bloom, pink blossoms fall, Water sings from an opened tap, the bees Glisten and murmur among the trees.

From The House of Dust; a symphony by Aiken, Conrad

She drips herself with water, and her shoulders Glisten as silver, they crumple up Like wet and falling roses, and I listen For the sluicing of their rain-dishevelled petals.

From Look! We Have Come Through! by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

His lordly ships of ice Glisten in the sun; On each side, like pennons wide, Flashing crystal streamlets run.

From The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics by Knowles, Frederic Lawrence

Glisten is not found in Shakes. or Milton, but both use glister several times.

From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Carruthers, Robert