We sat still for a little, tentatively murmuring; and then Mis' Holcomb-that-was-Mame-Bliss stood up by the sweet-alyssum urn.
"Friendship Village"
Zona Gale
Everything was represented in her flower garden, from sweet alyssum and mignonette to roses and lilies, just as a little of all sweet qualities mingled themselves in her disposition.
"The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys"
Gulielma Zollinger
This country-seat was little more Than a cabin of log's; but in front of the door A modest flower-bed thickly sown With sweet alyssum and columbine Made those who saw it at once divine The touch of some other hand than his own.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow