lakelet

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After a delightful stroll of a mile or more, we emerge from the wood and see the lovely lakelet "smiling upon its neighbor pines."

From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

Upon the bosom of the blue lakelet, the fountain of thy life, I have launched my birchen boat; and yielding to thy current, have floated softly southward.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne

“Looks like a good hidin’ spot fer a pirate,” he exclaimed, glancing up and down the smiling lakelet.

From The Girl From Tim's Place by Munn, Charles Clark

In that early hour before the ripples had stirred the surface, this lakelet at the foot of the Half Dome was worthy of all its romantic fame.

From The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras by Fisher, Frederick Vining

There was water in the lakelet, Which perchance might fill two ladles, Or if more exactly measured, Partly was a third filled also.

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Lönnrot, Elias