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Definition of Daisies
1. daisy [n] - See also: daisy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daisies
Literary usage of Daisies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lincoln Literary Collection, Designed for School-room and Family Circle by John Piersol McCaskey, A. Lincoln (1897)
"Heigh-ho ! daisies and buttercups, Mother shall thread them a daisy chain, Sing
them a song of the pretty hedge-sparrow Heigh-ho ! daisies and buttercups, ..."
2. Golden Poems by British and American Authors by Francis Fisher Browne (1906)
"UNDER THE daisies I HAVE just been learning the lesson of life, The sad, sad
lesson of loving. And all of its power for pleasure and pain Been slowly, ..."
3. Days and Deeds: A Book of Verse for Children's Reading and Speaking by Elizabeth Shepard Butler Stevenson (1906)
"Coming, ere the spring-time, To tell of sunny hours. While the trees are leafless,
While the fields are bare, Buttercups and daisies Spring up everywhere. ..."
4. The Poetical Works of Howitt, Milman, and Keats: Complete in One Volume by Mary Botham Howitt, Henry Hart Milman, John Keats (1840)
"Buttercups and daisies Are these human flowers! ... Welcome yellow buttercups,
Welcome daisies while, Ye are in my spirit Visioned, a delight! ..."
5. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"daisies Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune I saw the white daisies go down
to the sea, A host in the sunshine, an army in June, The people God sends ..."
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