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 last hue of sunset had died from the swarth hills, and in the east were pale points of starlight.

From Thyrza by Gissing, George

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.

As little would the idea of his eloquence or ambition call to our recollection the swarth and iron features, the bold and haughty dignity, of Strafford.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne

What made those holes and rents In the dock's harsh swarth leaves, bruised as to balk70 All hope of greenness? 'tis a brute must walk Pashing their life out, with a brute's intents.

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra