"Swart" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... free, When the kelpie haunted the shadowed flood, and the dryad dwelt in the tree; But merrier far is the trolley-car as it routs the witch from the wold, And the din of the hammer and the cartridges' clamor as they banish the swart kobold! O, a sovran cure for psychic dizziness Is a breath of the air of the world of business! —Idyls of ...
— Double Trouble - Or, Every Hero His Own Villain • Herbert Quick
... Suddenly the swart figure of Time stood up before the gods, with both hands dripping with blood and a red sword dangling idly from ...
— Time and the Gods • Lord Dunsany [Edward J. M. D. Plunkett]
... had selected wavered indecisively before me, and, as I swung wide to make the boarding gentle, filled suddenly and darted away, the swart Mongols shouting a wild rhythm as they bent to the sweeps. But I had been ready for this. I luffed suddenly. Putting the tiller hard down, and holding it down with my body, I brought the main-sheet in, hand ...
— Tales of the Fish Patrol • Jack London
... his steps most hastily until he had brought his wife and children to the citadel of Saegor. When the sun rose, [when] the peaceful luminary of the nations went forth, then, I have heard, the Master of Glory sent 2540 sulphur out of heaven, and swart flame for the punish- ment of men, swelling fire, since they had offended the Lord for a long period in former days: thus the Ruler of spirits gave them retribution. Utmost terror seized upon 2545 ...
— Genesis A - Translated from the Old English • Anonymous
... young Greek, with wave of hand, Showed the swart pagan at his side; So, motioning to the gathered band, That none could choose but understand, "Let this man drink," he said, ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 - of Popular Literature and Science • Various
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