1615, George Wither, FideliaWas this poor breast, from Love's allurings free, Cruel to all, and gentle unto thee ?
1851, Herman Melville, Moby-DickFor, as when the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some few green sprouts, to welcome such glad-hearted visitants; so Ahab did, in the end, a little respond to the playful allurings of that girlish air.
1952, Daughters of the American Revolution magazine (volume 86, page 250)Lookout heights and Smoky Mountains have allurings all their own.
