swarth

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What made those holes and rents   In the dock's harsh swarth leaves, bruised as to balk   All hope of greenness? 'tis a brute must walk     Pashing their life out, with a brute's intents.

From Robert Browning: How to Know Him by Phelps, William Lyon

The countenances of these men were swarth and savage-looking, their hair long, straight, and black as the wing of a crow; while both beard and moustache grew wildly over their faces.

From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.

Its outlines were too bold for a Spanish face, though the complexion, from tan and exposure, was brown and swarth.

From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.

Through the reserves round about for many miles swarth heralds proclaimed that the great Chief Big Bear was giving a White Dog feast to his braves before summoning them to follow him upon the war-path.

From The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief by Collins, J. E. (Joseph Edmund)

What made those holes and rents �70In the dock's harsh swarth leaves, bruised as� to balk All hope of greenness? 'tis a brute must walk     Pashing their life out, with a brute's intents.

From Browning's Shorter Poems by Baker, Franklin T. (Franklin Thomas)