The chief array is compacted directly south, a fraise of bristles numbering the white Crabioules, the Pic des Posets, the Monts Maudits,-and at the left the summits of the Maladetta, a "citadel of silver" in a sky of gold, its glaciers fierce against the late afternoon sun.
"A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees"
Edwin Asa Dix
He may indeed for ten or fifteen days Mak meikle o' ye, with an unco fraise, And daut ye baith afore fowk and your lane: But soon as your newfangleness is gane, He'll look upon you as his tether-stake, And think he's tint his freedom for your sake.
"Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Vol. 3"
George Gilfillan
Then, before long-when the shops shut up in haste, when the emptied streets are flooded, and almost black, and the paper lanterns, piteous objects, wet through and extinguished-I find myself, I know not how it happens, flattened against a wall, under the projecting eaves, alone in the company of Mademoiselle fraise, my cousin, who is crying bitterly because her fine robe is wet through.
"Madame Chrysantheme Complete"
Pierre Loti Last Updated: March 4, 2009