There are some quaint passages inspired by mysticism; as this, with reference to the "great cyclone of poetry which burst over London towards the end of the sixteenth century": "You seem to be in the very midst of the human soul's miraculous springtime.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
On all these lovely things the old Dutchman had stamped his memory, so that, even to the third generation, he was remembered with an affection, that every springtime renewed.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr
The orange flash is their bill, which is brightened in the springtime.
"Cornwall"
G. E. Mitton