brooklet
Example Sentences
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The blue eyes were wet now, frankly wet, bluebells by a mountain brook–the little bursting brooklet of feeling within.
From Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl by Hornibrook, Isabel Katherine
The sands are hard and gently shelving, with here and there a fresh-water brooklet trickling through the bulk-head of ballast heaped up at the top by the sea.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
She chews the cud of sweetest revery Above your worldly prattle, brooklet merry, Oblivious of all things sublunary.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
We hear Thy majestic voice in the mighty roar of old ocean and in the gentle murmurings of the brooklet.
From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by Helleberg, C. G. (Carl Gustaf)
You have heard the wood-dove calling in the lone stillness of the summertime; you have found the unheeded brooklet singing and babbling where no ear comes to hear.
From Jennie Gerhardt A Novel by Dreiser, Theodore