amaranthine
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019
Faith, amaranthine flower of, 662. for modes of, 663. has centre everywhere, 661. if, produce no works, 660. saddest thing, to lose, 571.
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
There, amid amaranthine bowers, Where God's own glory seemed to shine, She saw, on beds of golden flowers, Her dear departed ones recline.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various
It is a paradise of secret peace, A glorious land of amaranthine bloom; Where happiness, having fled the world, now dwells In shining gladness.
From Mr. Faust by Ficke, Arthur Davison
It made him jealous to imagine them lost in this amaranthine profundity.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
