flaxen thread
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But autumn downward drove the kine, And clothed the wheel with flaxen thread, And sprinkled snow upon the pine, And bowed the silent spinster's head.
From Ionica by Cory, William (AKA William Johnson)
And while I spin my flaxen thread, And sing my simple lay, The village seems asleep or dead Now Lubin is away.”
From Literary Byways by Andrews, William
Such bundles of soft delicate knitted stockings and socks; and, above all, in Lady Ludlow’s eyes, such hanks of the finest spun flaxen thread!
From My Lady Ludlow by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
Oh! in pity, let me go: I have spun the flaxen thread, until my aching fingers drop; And my weary feet will falter, though the whizzing wheel should stop.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
The fine laces of Venice, France, and Belgium are all of linen, i.e. flaxen thread.
From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
