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There we sat looking at each other and so Miss Sallie found us as she came up the path there with her arms filled with posies, golden glow, and scarlet sage, and snow-white pretty-by-night just burst into bloom for it was sundown.
Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945
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There was pretty-by-night, too, though their snow-white blossoms were closed tight in the bud for it was not yet sundown; only in the twilight and by night did the buds bloom out.
Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945
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I'd remember them always as they stood there in the sunset with the golden glow and scarlet sage and the snow-white pretty-by-night all about them, the two smiling contentedly as I waved them good-by far down at the bend of the road.
Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945
knitandpurl commented on the word pretty-by-night
a flower, also known as four o'clock flower, marvel of Peru
June 15, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word pretty-by-night
a flower, also known as four o'clock flower, marvel of Peru
June 15, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word pretty-by-night
a flower, also known as four o'clock flower, marvel of Peru
June 15, 2008