1876 G. M. Hopkins Wreck of Deutschland xxii, in (1967) 58 Stigma, signal, cinquefoil token For lettering of the lamb's fleece, ruddying of the rose-flake.
1918 D. M. Wright 41 But no wind the near air stirred. Lightly as a spoken word Breathed within a lover's ear Dropt rose-flakes my casement near.