In the garden that second week the poet's eyed narcissus disappeared out the long grass at the edge of the zigzag path, and wild gladiolus, slender and rose-coloured, came in their stead, white pinks bloomed in the borders, filing the whole place with their smoky-sweet smell, and a bush nobody had noticed burst into glory and fragrance, and it was a purple lilac bush.
"The Enchanted April"
Elizabeth von Arnim
To the first meeting that a sweetheart has granted me, I have brought a spray of gladiolus whose throats have the rosy hue of an apricot.
"Romance of the Rabbit"
Francis Jammes
To-day I would forget my loved one, to recall only the gladiolus.
"Romance of the Rabbit"
Francis Jammes