swarth

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Rubies and precious stones are only born Amidst the rugged rocks, uncouth and swarth.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

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

There were groups of children in many parts of the field, and women to look after them, mostly sitting on the fresh swarth, working and gossiping, while the little ones played about.

From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas

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.

Most of you, fellow-citizens, can show your hard hands, and recall the burning suns under which you have opened the swarth, through those then lovely meadows yonder, as your titles to these farms.

From The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore