amaranthine

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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

Thoughts of amaranthine bloom will spring up in the fields ploughed to give food to suffering men.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret

Brothers and sisters, a happy band, Await thee in the spirit land; Bright amaranthine crowns they wear; They long to greet their Ella there.

From Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Hanna, Abigail Stanley

There in amaranthine glory I will sit at Jesus' feet; There I'll sing the sweet old story As I walk the golden street.

From Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians by Orr, Charles Ebert

A consciousness that strews roses in the path of youth and age—not ‘the perfume and suppliance of a moment,’ but those amaranthine flowers that exhale incense to Heaven.

From The Travellers A Tale. Designed for Young People. by Sedgwick, Catharine Maria