(1) You could, of course, write a thesis about Wodehouse but the endeavour would be like trying to preserve thistledown between sheet glass.(2) Like thistledown , she floats from one position to another, scarcely aware of him yet somehow connected, even dependent.(3) It's fitting that thistledown , which provides Gilmore with an increasingly significant image over the years, should be the subject of one poem.(4) My favourite plant, lavender, is something of a delicacy for goldfinches - when they've finished all the thistledown , that is.
