noondays

We have no more to expose ourselves on the bare hedges to the wind and snow; no more to carry ourselves erect when the gale sweeps, to bear our burden upheld; or stay, unmurmuring, on those pallid noondays when the bird creeps close to the bough and the damp whitens the leaf.

The Waves 2003

And indeed, as the soft October days slid away tranquilly one after another, in dim, misty dawns, noondays bright but veiled, and moist green twilights magically still, it seemed that there was to be no further combat over young Richard, that Dame Dionisia had thought better of the threat of law, and resigned herself to submission.

The Hermit of Eyton Forest Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1987

And indeed, as the soft October days slid away tranquilly one after another, in dim, misty dawns, noondays bright but veiled, and moist green twilights magically still, it seemed that there was to be no further combat over young Richard, that Dame Dionisia had thought better of the threat of law, and resigned herself to submission.

The Hermit of Eyton Forest Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1987

The burning noondays of summer, such as I can recall in days gone by, were more brilliant, more full of sunshine;

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

For weeks we have had nothing but glorious sunrises, gorgeous sunsets, and perfect noondays.

The Lady of the Decoration Little, Frances, 1863-1941 1906

For weeks we have had nothing but glorious sunrises, gorgeous sunsets, and perfect noondays.

The Lady of the Decoration Frances Little 1902

Just such noondays seem to have gone to the making of the Arabian

Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore 1901

The burning noondays of summer, such as I can recall in days gone by, were more brilliant, more full of sunshine;

Madame Chrysantheme — Complete Pierre Loti 1886

There are flashes struck from midnights, there are fire-flames noondays kindle,

English Satires Various 1885

All the gay days of the holiday-places, all the gorgeous sunsets, the imperial noondays, the solemn, glittering midnights are imposing, but the wise traveller learns to see the beauty of all the moods of the wild changing sea.

Side Lights James Runciman 1871