"Out of the sky as I came through"; or it may have been the sight of a harebell; and perhaps it came from nothing but the "waste shining of the sky."
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
Imagine a great bowl of dark rock relieved here and there with patches of fresh snow, and at the foot of this bowl a soft emerald carpet, the green almost hidden by glowing patches of flowers, asters and arbutus and harebell, purple and white heather, lady's tresses and columbine, moss campion, the twin flower and the forget-me-not.
"Among the Canadian Alps"
Lawrence J. Burpee
Ladies'-tresses, and harebell, Jasmin, daphne, violet, Meadow-sweet, and pimpernel, Maidenhair, and mignonette.
"Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse"
Richard Doddridge Blackmore