And where'er my footsteps wander, All the wild beasts of the forest Hide themselves in holes and caverns, And the earth becomes as flintstone!"
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
When Betta saw that he slept like a dead person, she began again to wail and lament, saying things that would have moved a flintstone to compassion; and thus she passed another night, full of trouble, weeping and wailing and tearing her hair.
"Stories from Pentamerone"
Giambattista Basile
Her uncle's grey head on his pillow was like a flintstone in chalk under her look by light of dawn; the chin had dropped.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith