pleasance
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This fairy pleasance in the brake— This maze run wild of flower and vine— Our fathers planted for the sake Of eyes that longed for English gardens Amid the virgin wastes of pine.
From The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets by Various
The walks in the Garden of the Luxembourg are the best types of ancient palace pleasance.
From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Eleonora Hunt
At last he came to the tall, strait gate, wrought of old iron, that admitted to the pleasance.
From The Great House by Stanley John Weyman
When they had reached the little hut near by the pleasance, Robin bade her stay.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
The picturesque side of the home of the Sidneys, which faces this pleasance, was in shadow, and made a background to the gay scene, which accentuated the brilliant effect of the gay throng below it.
From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Emma Marshall
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