true lovers' knot

Example Sentences

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But Miss Ellenborough came to our rescue with some lovely doughnuts made in the shape of a true lovers’ knot.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

My slumbers were haunted by dreams of pirate yachts flying the jolly Roger, on which the skull and crossbones melted grotesquely into a wedding-ring and a true lovers' knot.

From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John

Ours is the one true lovers' knot; Note well the burden of my lay— The little loves that I've forgot.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

And now we have strolled around the chosen area, making Trafalgar Square the centre, and returning to and fro in two great loops eastward and westward, resembling a true lovers' knot.

From The Strand District The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir

They grew till they grew unto the church-top, And then they could grow no higher; And there they tied in a true lovers' knot, Which made all the people admire.

From The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)