All down the stone steps on either side were periwinkles in full flower, and she could now see what it was that had caught at her the night before and brushed, wet and scented, across her face.
"The Enchanted April"
Elizabeth von Arnim
Saps ascended everywhere around him, on the sides of the brown Pyrenees; there were longer and more tepid nights; the paths were bordered with violets and periwinkles.
"Ramuntcho"
Pierre Loti
They and the rare periwinkles and the furze are the only flowers of this season.
"Romance of the Rabbit"
Francis Jammes