The evening sounds are very charming- "The milk that bubbled in the pail, And buzzings of the honied hours," when the bees were gathering their last stores of the day.
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty
I dinna mean, sir, in the presence o' this assembly, to disgrace ye, mair than will serve the purposes o' justice; and I leave ye to reflect, if ye hae sic a thing about ye as reflection, how ye treated this po'r lassie, wham ye ruined, and wha, though fire, and famine, and death, and scorpions, are given, as Ecclesiasticus says, for vengeance, sat quietly and-seeking nae other satisfaction-sucked, wi' her honied lips, the poison which your shaft carried to her broken heart; and wha, though exposed to terrible and racking tortures, saved, on twa occasions, your life, regardless o' her ain.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
"Come, no tampering with our party," said Lord Callonby, "my friend here must not be seduced by honied words and soft speeches, from the high road that leads to honours and distinctions-now for your instructions."
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)