lovesome

Example Sentences

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"A Garden," burbled Victorian Poet Thomas Edward Brown, "is a lovesome thing, God wot!"

From Time Magazine Archive

"Wait but a little moment, then, while I go in to fetch the magic-glass, that will show you your face, Immanâla, handsome and lovesome."

From The Three Mulla-mulgars by De la Mare, Walter

"You've the lovesome hand with the beasties," said Pan as he smiled down on the lambs and me.

From The Golden Bird by Chase, Edward L.

Ah, how lovesome should you be, under dat bush by the gate, that hath de yellow flowers, when de sun was setting, and all golden behind you!

From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by Rainey, W. (William)

First he roused Iris of the golden wings to speed forth and call the fair-tressed Demeter, the lovesome in beauty. 

From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Lang, Andrew