Though all the forest trees hang dumb, With dense Leafiness o'ercome; Though the nightingale and thrush, Pipe not from the bough or bush; Come to me with thy lustrous eye, Azure-melting westerly, The raptures of thy face unfold, And welcome in thy robes of gold!
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
Nature in the eyes of a Cockney was said to consist only of "green fields, jaunty streams, and o'er-arching Leafiness;" no mountains were higher than Highgate-hill nor streams more pastoral than the Serpentine River.
"Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats"
Barnette Miller
There was a low, wide porch in front of the house, over which vines of scant Leafiness and bristling with dead twigs crept toward the thatched roof.
"Norston's Rest"
Ann S. Stephens