The fruitful field Laughs with abundance; and the land once lean, Or fertile only in its own disgrace, Exults to see its Thistly curse repealed.
"The American Woman's Home"
Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe
The girl had been glancing from the flushed face to the Thistly fence-corner, while the startled dignity of her features warred with an unmistakable tendency to mirth.
"The Valiants of Virginia"
Hallie Erminie Rives