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Definition of Sweet William
1. Noun. Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers.
Definition of Sweet William
1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of sweet william) ¹
2. Noun. A flowering plant, Dianthus barbatus, in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweet William
Literary usage of Sweet William
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Ballads and Songs by Louise Pound (1922)
"16 sweet William sweet William arose on last May morning, And dressed himself in
blue; "Come tell unto me that long, long love Between Lyddy Margret and you ..."
2. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs by Thomas Percy, Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1877)
"FAIR MARGARET AND sweet William. | HIS seems to be the old song quoted in Fletcher's
Knight of the burning pestle, acts 2d and 3d; altho' the six lines ..."
3. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, George Lyman Kittredge (1886)
"Fair Margaret and sweet William,' Ritson, A Select Collection of English Songs,
1783,11, 190. o. 'Fair Margaret and sweet William,' Percy's Reliques, ..."
4. Old English Ballads by Francis Barton Gummere (1894)
"FAIR MARGARET AND sweet William. 1. As it fell out on a long summer's day. ...
And there she spy'd sweet William and his bride, As they were riding near. 4. ..."
5. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1880)
"Or is it sweet William, my ain true love, To Scotland new come home ? " " It is
na your father, it is na your mother. It is na your brother John ; But it ..."
6. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs by Thomas Percy (1844)
"FAIR MARGARET AND sweet William. THIS seems to be the old song quoted in Fletcher's "
Knight of the Burnin ..."
7. American Ballads and Songs by Louise Pound (1922)
"16 sweet William sweet William arose on last May morning, And dressed himself in
blue; "Come tell unto me that long, long love Between Lyddy Margret and you ..."
8. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs by Thomas Percy, Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1877)
"FAIR MARGARET AND sweet William. | HIS seems to be the old song quoted in Fletcher's
Knight of the burning pestle, acts 2d and 3d; altho' the six lines ..."
9. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, George Lyman Kittredge (1886)
"Fair Margaret and sweet William,' Ritson, A Select Collection of English Songs,
1783,11, 190. o. 'Fair Margaret and sweet William,' Percy's Reliques, ..."
10. Old English Ballads by Francis Barton Gummere (1894)
"FAIR MARGARET AND sweet William. 1. As it fell out on a long summer's day. ...
And there she spy'd sweet William and his bride, As they were riding near. 4. ..."
11. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1880)
"Or is it sweet William, my ain true love, To Scotland new come home ? " " It is
na your father, it is na your mother. It is na your brother John ; But it ..."
12. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs by Thomas Percy (1844)
"FAIR MARGARET AND sweet William. THIS seems to be the old song quoted in Fletcher's "
Knight of the Burnin ..."
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