"Silvan" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... May, the book was completed on the 26th of June. The twelve known editions are all quartos and range in size from twenty-two to thirty-two leaves. The first[17] two editions were printed by Melchior Lotther in Wittenberg; one by Peypus in Nuremberg; two by Silvan Otmar in Augsburg; one by George Nadler in Augsburg; one by Adam Petri in Basel and ...
— Works of Martin Luther - With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) • Martin Luther
... And all who lined the royal road, Or thronged the prince's rich abode, Rejoiced as near he drew. And with delight his bosom swelled As onward still his course he held Through many a sumptuous court Like Indra's palace nobly made, Where peacocks revelled in the shade, And beasts of silvan sort. Through many a hall and chamber wide, That with Kailasa's splendour vied. Or mansions of the Blest, While Rama's friends, beloved and tried, Before his coming stepped aside, Still on Sumantra pressed. He reached the chamber door, where stood Around his followers young and good, ...
— The Ramayana • VALMIKI
... strains of music heard, As once again revolved that measured sand; Such sounds as when, for silvan dance prepared, Gay Xeres summons forth her vintage band; When for the light bolero ready stand The mozo blithe, with gay muchacha met, He conscious of his broidered cap and band, She of her netted locks and light corsette, Each tiptoe perched to ...
— Some Poems by Sir Walter Scott • Sir Walter Scott |
