Beaten Quote by Amy Lowell

Just now the lilac is in bloom All before my little room.

— Rupert Brooke

A faint smell of lilac filled the air. There was always lilac in this part of town. Where there were grandmothers, there was always…

— Anonymous

“Out of the fresh little green hearts of their foliage the lilacs raised inquisitively over the fence of the park their plumes of white…

— Marcel Proust

In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash'd palings, Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green, with many a…

— Walt Whitman

“The great hall was shimmering in light, sun streaming from the open windows, and ablaze with colour, the walls decorated with embroidered hangings in…

— Sharon Kay Penman

Like restless birds, the breath of coming rain Creeps, lilac-laden, up the village street

— John McCrae

“The wind shook some blossoms from the trees, and the heavy lilac blooms, with their clustering stars, moved to and fro in the languid…

— Oscar Wilde

The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there…

— Oscar Wilde

“The scent of flowers grew stronger and came from all sides; the grass was drenched with dew; a nightingale struck up in a lilac…

— Leo Tolstoy

I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a…

— Angus Wilson

This great blue world of ours is but a house of leaves, moments before the wind.

— Mark Z. Danielewski

The breath of springtime at this twilight hour Comes through the gathering glooms, And bears the stolen sweets of many a flower Into my…

— William C. Bryant