"Besmear" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... takes the water-melon, and divides it very neatly into two parts, contriving by dexterous management of the knife to besmear the one of these with a strong tincture of nepenthe of Crete and opium, enough to have put ...
— Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers • Various
... Hauling like any ten, and with his heart Doubling the strength of all, giving them joy Of battle against those odds,—ay, till they found Delight in the burning tingle of the blood That even their hardy hands must feel besmear The harsh, rough, straining ropes. There as they toiled, Answering a score of hills, old Beachy Head Streamed like a furnace to the rolling clouds Then all around the coast each windy ness And craggy mountain kindled. Peak from peak Caught ...
— Collected Poems - Volume One (of 2) • Alfred Noyes
... pretty babes, with hand in hand, Went wandering up and down; But never more could see the man Approaching from the town: Their pretty lips with blackberries Were all besmear'd and dyed, And when they saw the darksome night, They sat them ...
— The Children's Garland from the Best Poets • Various |
