Read full poem →Gop of a ripe oat straw, gold of a southwest moon,
Canada thistle blue and flimmering larkspur blue,
Tomatoes shining in the October sun with red hearts,
Dictionary Entry
Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
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Common Phrases
. thistletube thistlefunnel thistleseed thistlethistle milkthistle canadathistle russianthistle sow
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Poetry examples for “thistle”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Here, where the dames of Rome their gilded hair
Waved to the wind, now wave the reed and thistle!
Here, where on golden throne the monarch lolled,
Read full poem →OUT in the sun the goldfinch flits
Along the thistle-tops, flits and twits
Above the hollow wood
Read full poem →Prec. How slowly through the lilac-scented air
Descends the tranquil moon! Like thistle-down
The vapory clouds float in the peaceful sky;
Read full poem →The little strawy bents and nodding flowers,
There the huge thistle, spurred with many thorns,
The suncrackt upland's russet swells adorns.
Read full poem →*The Fens : : : : 5 : : - 1Eya
*Spear Thistle : é : : : : . rg
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Read full poem →Can't stand untouched to fill their husks with seeds,
The haughty thistle oer all danger towers,
In every place the very wasp of flowers.
Read full poem →The herd upon the green,
The larks that in the thistle shield,
And pipe from morn to e'en--
Read full poem →‘What I? dear Sir,’ the Doctor interposes 15
‘What plant my thistle, Sir, among his roses!
No, no; I’ve other contests to maintain;
Read full poem →Out of that minute? Must I go
Still like the thistle-ball, no bar,
Onward, whenever light winds blow,