Men railed at such a singer; women thrilled Responsively: he sang not Nature's own Divinest, but his lyric had a tone, As 'twere a forest-echo of her voice: What Barrenly they yearn for seemed distilled From what they dread, who do through tears rejoice.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
She does not go directly home, but fetches a compass through the lanes, on whose high hedges the passing harvest-waggons have left their ripe tribute of reft ears; over a bit of waste land, Barrenly beautiful with thistles, some in full purple flush, some giving their soft down to the fresh wind.
"Doctor Cupid"
Rhoda Broughton
Within half a mile of the Medina rancho Starr saw where an automobile had swerved sharply off the trail and had taken to the hard-packed sand of a dry arroyo that meandered Barrenly off to the southeast.
"Starr, of the Desert"
B. M Bower