swarth
Example Sentences
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Apollo feeds his fair ones, Ceres hers, Pomona, Pan, dun Jove, and Luna pale; So Nox her olives, so swarth Niobe.
From Tablets by Amos Bronson Alcott
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 J. E. (Joseph Edmund) Collins
Then, dropping her eyes to the ground, she stood silent under the tree—her swarth complexion still further darkened by sombre shadows, now overspreading every feature of her face.
From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid
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 F.A. Stewart
Sunlight was streaming through and brightening up the cottages and resting on uncle Darry's swarth face.
From Daisy by Susan Warner
