I said that he was struck by her beauty, but that is a wrong expression; it was rather the charm of her countenance than the perfection of her features which arrested the gaze of Maltravers-a charm that might not have existed for others, but was inexpressibly attractive to him, and was so much apart from the vulgar fascination of mere beauty, that it would have equally touched a chord at his heart, if coupled with homely features or a bloomless cheek.
"Ernest Maltravers, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
He is happy-and he will still be happy for many long, long years amid his reckless companions; if the time should ever come of which you speak, most worshipful lady, even then he will care no more for Ann, bloomless and faded, than for the threadbare bravery in which he once arrayed himself.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
They were very desolate-looking hills, with little heather, and that bloomless, to hide their hard gray bones.
"What's Mine's Mine V1"
George MacDonald