Those eyes that were so bright, love,
Have now a dimmer shine;
But what they've lost in light, love.
Is what they gave to mine.
And, still those orbs reflect, love,
The beams of former hours.
That ripened all my joys, love,
And tinted all my flowers. [ Hood ]

One in whom persuasion and belief
Had ripened into faith, and faith became
A passionate intuition. [ Wordsworth ]

When bounteous autumn rears her head, he joys to pull the ripened pear. [ Dryden ]

No part of diet, in any season, is so healthful, so natural, and so agreeable to the stomach, as good and well-ripened fruits. [ Sir W. Temple ]

How dear the sure counsel of a present friend, whose heavenly power failing, the lonely one sinks in silence; for earnest thought and resolution, locked within his breast, are slowly ripened; the presence of the loved one soon warms them into being. [ Goethe ]