Charmian had suffered because she was in the crowd, undistinguished, lost like a violet in a prairie abloom with thousands of violets.
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens
Lilacs were abloom in every garden, and buttercups made the fields look yellow.
"My War Experiences in Two Continents"
Sarah Macnaughtan
"It is the month of May," she further explained, indicating with a gesture of her dimpled hand the roses abloom all around them.
"The Last Hope"
Henry Seton Merriman