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Definition of Glistens
1. glisten [v] - See also: glisten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glistens
Literary usage of Glistens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Homœopathic therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1879)
"as it comes into the mouth; dryness of throat day and night, it fairly glistens.
Phytolacca. ... glistens ..."
2. Autumn Leaves: Or, Ode, Elegies, Narratives, Hymns, and Other Pieces in by Lewis Glover Pray (1873)
"... H. A GEM ! a gem ! it glistens bright, As out it comes in broad day-ligbt!
How hundreds gather round the spot To know who'll have, or who will not! ..."
3. The Oscotian: Or, Literary Gazette of St. Mary's by St. Mary's College, Birmingham, Eng (1828)
"THE TEAR THAT glistens. THE tear that glistens in thine eye, When now we meet in
sorrow, Say—shall it with the moment die, Or sparkle there to-morrow ? ..."
4. George Canning by Frank Harrison Hill (1887)
"Splendid talents are deceiving, Tend to counsels much too bold ; Moderate men we
prize, believing All that glistens is not gold. ..."
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