"Undulant" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of Ta-te-psin [a] was born Winona —wild-rose of the prairies. Like the summer sun peeping, at morn, o'er the hills was the face of Winona; And here she grew up like a queen —a romping and lily-lipped laughter, And danced on the undulant green, and played in the frolicsome waters, Where the foaming tide tumbles and twirls o'er the murmuring rocks in the rapids; And whiter than foam were the pearls that gleamed in the midst of her ...
— Legends of the Northwest • Hanford Lennox Gordon
... There was an undulant, caressing sweetness in the girl's voice, as she sung out the call in perfect confidence that it would bring a loving answer, that struck deep in Mrs. Comstock's heart. She never had heard that word so pronounced before and a lump ...
— A Girl Of The Limberlost • Gene Stratton Porter
... the overhead train at the Morningside curve Loops like a sea-born dragon its sinuous flight. Loops in the night in and out, high up in the air, Like a serpent of stars with the coil and undulant reach ...
— America To-day, Observations and Reflections • William Archer
... or two to collect his thoughts. When he first perceived Miss Marlay, she seemed part of the landscape. There was about her form and motion an indefinable gracefulness that was like the charm of this hazy, undulant, moonlit prairie, and this blue sky seen through the lace of thin, milk-white clouds. It was not until she spoke Katy's name that he began to return to himself. Katy was the one jarring string in the ...
— The Mystery of Metropolisville • Edward Eggleston |
