Careful Words

budding (n.)

budding (adj.)

The budding rose above the rose full blown.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850): The Prelude. Book xi.

The rose is fairest when 't is budding new,

And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,

And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832): Lady of the Lake. Canto iv. Stanza 1.