"Flooding" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ear, and such th' unbusied eye Which ofttimes hears and sees hid things!) there spread The "Glory of the Lord" around each head: Broke, be it deemed, o'er hill and over hollow, On the inner seeing, the sense concealed, unknown, Of those plain hinds—glad, humble, and alone— Flooding their minds, filling their hearts; around, Above, below, disclosing grove and ground, The rocks, the hill, the town, the solitude, The wondering flocks,—agaze with grass half-chewed,— The palm-crowns, and the path to Bethlehem, As sight angelic ...
— In The Yule-Log Glow--Book 3 - Christmas Poems from 'round the World • Various
... a sad procession, And I hear the sound of coming full-key'd bugles, All the channels of the city streets they're flooding, As with voices ...
— Leaves of Grass • Walt Whitman
... live almost entirely on a variety of highland rice, which is easily cultivated, as it requires no flooding. ...
— History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest • Edward A. Johnson
... high into heaven whilst I was absorbed in my search, and was now flooding the little lawn with light. In my excitement I had heard and seen nothing, nor noted that the heat was growing unbearable beneath the vertical rays. But as I was folding up the parchment a black shadow suddenly fell across the page. I started ...
— Dead Man's Rock • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... his little legs, and you dare not touch his chest, which you have kissed so often, for fear of encountering that ghastly leanness which you foresee, but the contact of which would make you break out in sobs. And then, at a certain moment, while the sunlight was flooding the room, you heard a deeper moan, resembling a cry. You darted forward; his face was contracted, and he looked toward you with eyes that no longer saw. And then all was calm, silent and motionless, while his hollow cheeks became yellow and transparent ...
— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet
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