shrivelled

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Shrivelled man could relax the tension of resistance to cold and damp and change, and go forth into the sun with cordial insouciance.

From The Daughters of Danaus by Caird, Mona

Riding post Have I heard, Since the day When my king Took away With him spring, And the cup Of each flower Shrivelled up That same hour, With no light Left behind.

From A Dark Month From Swinburne's Collected Poetical Works Vol. V by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Shrivelled ferns bending over its mouth promised summer beauties.

From Ethel Morton's Enterprise by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)

And all that soul-uplifting stir Step by step fell back from her, The glory gone, the blossoming Shrivelled, and she, a small, frail thing, Carrying her laden basket.

From Georgian Poetry 1920-22 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir

Shrivelled and wan, with a skin of parchment and hair of flax, her eyes nevertheless glittered like those of a hawk, and her hands were ablaze with diamonds of wonderful lustre.

From The Great White Army by Pemberton, Max, Sir