Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Gale
The western gale sweeps o’er the plain,
Gently it waves the rivulet’s cascade;
Gently it parts the lock on beauty’s brow,
And lifts the tresses from the snowy neck.
Grahame.—The Rural Calendar, April, Line 19.