bloomful

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1. literarypoeticRich in bloom.

   Where is the beauty of the summer brook, / The shimmering glory of the bloomful fields?

   1877, Charles W[illiam] Hubner, “The Brook”, in Wild Flowers. Poems., New York, N.Y.: The Authors’ Publishing Company, pages 159–160

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   As keen froſt nips the bloomful tree, / So this grim thought chills all in me; / Blighting each hope as it ſtrives to be!—

   a. 1854, Alfred Johnstone Hollingsworth, “Childe Erconwold, a Spell of Love and War”, in George Sexton, editor, The Poetical Works of the Late Alfred Johnstone Hollingsworth with Memoirs of the Author, 2nd edition, volume I, London: C[harles] J[oseph] Skeet, […], published 1858, section XL (A Priest Enters the Gaol), page 274

   So, when the bloomful summer days are o’er, / When comes the sadder autumn of men’s lives, / May it be found that then a precious store, / The priceless harvest of good work survives.

   1878 May 25, H. H. Browne, “Apple-Blossoms”, in The Sunday School Times, volume XX, number 21, Philadelphia, Pa.: John D. Wattles, page 322, column 3

   We grow the Star-of-Bethlehem—sweet flower—that blooms for “Reconciliation,”—and the bloomful Star-wart, too, that’s “Welcome to a stranger;” […]

   1881, Mel-Inda Jennie Porter, Valkyria, or Chaplets of Mars, New York, N.Y.: W[inthrop] B. Smith & Co., […], page 20

   Thine eloquence is like the bloomful chintz / That florid, sanguine, gorgeous, hangs for sale / Above thy counter at the Meares bazaar.

   1884, [Edgar Fawcett], The Buntling Ball: A Græco-American Play, Being a Poetical Satire on New York Society, New York, N.Y.; London: Funk & Wagnalls […], page 35

   Many of the vineyardists prepare for market their own grapes, the wife and children, after due training, packing the bloomful clusters in layers with excellent skill.

   1888, John Muir, editor, Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope; […], New York, N.Y.; San Francisco, Calif.: J. Dewing Publishing Company, page 126