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Definition of Rosebuds
1. rosebud [n] - See also: rosebud
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosebuds
Literary usage of Rosebuds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scrap Book (1906)
"GATHER YE rosebuds A Famous English Lyric of the Seventeenth Century. ... _ ATHER
ye rosebuds while ye may, VJ. Old time is still a-flying; And this same ..."
2. Poems of Henry Timrod: With Memoir and Portrait by Henry Timrod (1901)
"THE rosebuds YES, in that dainty ivory shrine, With those three pallid buds, I
twine And fold away a dream divine! One night they lay upon a breast Where ..."
3. Old English Popular Music by William Chappell, Harry Ellis Wooldridge (1893)
"GATHER YE rosebuds. Playford's Ayres and Dialogues, 1659, and Introduction to Music,
... rosebuds."
4. The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic by William Evans Burton (1859)
"Of that week, not a moment found Sir Charles without a speech, a present, or я
project for making the path of life a path of rosebuds. ..."
5. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1867)
"Ofthat week, not a moment found Sir Charles without a speech, it present, or a
project for making the path of life a path of rosebuds. ..."
6. Folk Songs by John Williamson Palmer (1861)
"GATHER ye rosebuds as ye may: THOMAS DAVIS. Old Time is still a-flying. And this
same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. ..."
7. Eileen by Victor Herbert, Henry Blossom (1917)
"N9 8 Stars And rosebuds DUET Eileen and Barry Allegretto moderate Eileen and
Barry (off stage) (She tries the accompaniment on the Harp) EILEEN In the days ..."
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