Languorous

The taste of it was languorous and heady on the tongue, the color a purple so dark that it looked almost black in the dim-lit cellar.

I look’d thereon, And on the paved floor, where nigh were piled Faggots of cinnamon, and many heaps Of other crisped spicewood: then again I look’d upon the altar, and its horns Whiten’d with ashes, and its languorous flame, And then upon the offerings again; And so, by turns, till sad Moneta cried: “The sacrifice is done, but not the less Will I be kind to thee for thy good will.

I closed my eyes in a languorous ecstasy and waited—waited with beating heart.

Come forth my lovely languorous Sphinx!

We gave shade on languorous summer days.

For two days he was languorous and petted and esteemed.

The taste of it was languorous and heady on the tongue, the color a purple so dark that it looked almost black in the dim-lit cellar.

Suddenly the air was full of those languorous bullwhip cracks, and the thin white cables were drifting down all around us.

But she turned away; he drew her back, and, sinking on his knees, clasped her waist with his arms in a languorous pose, full of concupiscence and supplication.