| 单词 | swain |
| 例句 | Jackson moves over to Katherine and bows over her hand like a true swain, murmuring pleasantries. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The Sex Pistols’ songs are no more discordant than, say, ‘Lovely yet ungrateful swain’, a Vauxhall Gardens song of Johann Christian Bach. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She was probably avoiding a lovesick swain, not wealthy enough or ancient enough to suit her. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z His caption says it was “. . . a favorite picnic ground for swains and their sweethearts.” This Week in Fiction: Annie Proulx Discusses Her Upcoming Novel, “Barkskins” 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z A woman with one flip-flop in her hand and the other on a foot was chasing a handsome swain down the street, followed by a gaggle of other women, some with infants at breast. Iquitos, Peru: Wet and Wild 2013-09-13T17:49:30Z So you hope for some erotic crackle between Katniss and her brace of swains. Review: To Shill a Mockingjay - Part 1 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Set in the dry days of Prohibition, it tells of the whirlwind romance between a high-class dame and her bootlegging swain. What’s New in NYC Theater 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z There are those who still dress like the swans and swains time forgot, but some of Rue St. Denis’s most devoted customers are professionals. Rue St. Denis, Longtime Outfitter to TV and Chic People, Is Closing 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z If you are a swain contemplating the gift of this book to your inamorata, you had better be very confident in the solidity of your character and the strength of your love. Selected Poems by Sophie Hannah – review 2013-05-21T13:02:48Z The narrator of "Lycidas" is an unnamed shepherd, an "uncouth swain." Poem of the week: Lycidas by John Milton 2010-09-06T15:30:00Z The next day, Ms. Brown was happy to find out that her new swain had a master’s degree from Harvard and was, like her, Jewish. Bobbi Brown Is Ready to Slay the Wellness Industry. Nicely. 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Years later, when he meets her again, his swain’s heart gives an “anguished quack.” An Irish Flâneur, Greeting the Past on His Present Wanderings 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z In The Shepheardes Calender, Spenser's June is a tale of love lost to a rival swain. Poster poems: June 2012-06-15T13:46:24Z She has her hopes quashed repeatedly by parents, siblings, swains and others as she slowly musters the courage to live her life in sync with her values. ‘The Invention of Wings’: waking to the evils of slavery 2013-12-31T22:20:55Z One spurned swain moans: “I swear, disdain’s my curse!/My girl, who is a poem, is averse!” Review: Rhyme Gone Wild in ‘The Metromaniacs’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z This becomes an intriguing and even exciting first-person story, as the Malmö woman recalls escaping her abusive husband and running off with her Nazi swain, but it also proves anti-climactic. Review | Karl Ove Knausgaard struggles to conclude his seasonal memoirs with ‘Summer’ 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Presenting Richard with a file folder of chief technology officer offers, as only Jared can: “You’re the belle of the ball. And these are all your swains, hoping for a glimpse of ankle.” ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3 Premiere: Holographic Mustaches 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z When her earlier swain returns from the war, he goes on a regretful bender, but then he, too, settles for someone else. A little rain must fall: the tragic secret of a musical movie masterpiece 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Like a handsome but withholding swain, Elba draws us back to “Luther” time and again. Smart Watch: "Luther" and 5 more hot shows coming to TV in June 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z To Sabina’s passionate virago — when he breaks off the affair, she stabs him in the face — he seems the callow swain, Jung at heart. A Dangerous Method: Freud Had the Theories, But Jung Had the Sex 2011-11-22T17:45:41Z Many of these performers’ celebrated numbers were dainty love songs of smitten swains, often with a deep tincture of sentiment, as in the wistful “Down by the Old Mill Stream,” performed by Wesner. Theater Review: ‘The Girl I Left Behind Me,’ at 59E59 Theaters 2013-05-06T02:00:02Z While the dancers, barefoot, variously suggest pastoral nymphs and swains, friends of Acis and Galatea, they increasingly demonstrate central motifs of the musical drama. Dance Review: Mark Morris Stages ‘Acis and Galatea’ 2014-04-28T21:20:19Z But suddenly, a swain appeared on the scene whose coffers were full of golden coins. Princess Who Would Be E.L. James Scores $10 Million Advance 2014-01-17T22:31:59Z Her partner, Tyler Angle, at one moment extended a leg high when she was not looking, but was otherwise a loyal swain who would never rain on her parade by dancing. City Ballet Features Works by Christopher Wheeldon and Troy Schumacher 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Watching a young woman pine for a man to kick-start her life is depressing enough, but watching her sigh for a fictional swain is just plain tragic. Movie Review: ‘Austenland’ Stars Keri Russell 2013-08-15T22:35:12Z A sword leaps from the hands of a stunned young swain, feathers float through the air, and Prospero’s cloak seems to feature a lining of fireflies. Christopher Plummer in Stratford, Ontario 2010-07-09T04:28:00Z Young swains of the 1950s preparing for their first prom could avail themselves of a popular tuxedo model called the Tony Martin. Tony Martin, Debonair Pop Baritone, Dies at 98 2012-07-30T20:29:58Z Daniels has also changed the genders of one of the human characters: The young swain Lysander is now a woman. A spooky, dreamy 'Midsummer' to spread its wings 2011-10-20T20:16:08Z It is Elizabeth, not her equally eccentric and stubborn swain, who refuses to wed “because I can’t risk having my scientific contributions submerged beneath your name.” Review | At age 64, debut novelist Bonnie Garmus makes the case for experience 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Hopeful swain Melchor moves to L.A. to meet his online love, Magdalena, for the first time, only to fall in love with a mysterious masked woman — unaware that she is Magdalena in disguise. The 99-Seat Beat: 'Slaughter City,' '39 Steps' and more 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z With little help from their conservative parents but with easy access to the Internet, he and his friends model their behavior on the swains in Bollywood romance movies. In China and India, there are 70 million more men than women. Here are the consequences. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z He started with acrostic love poems, which he would create for verse-challenged undergraduate swains at the University of North Carolina, at 25 cents a pop and up. In a lost essay, a glimpse of an elusive poet and slave 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z And then, questions answered to your liking, armed with this and only this information, off you would go to meet this potential swain. Gucci geek chic is as close as fashion gets to feminism 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z For the hand of a maiden, two 16th century swains clashed in an “all known sports” tournament in which marbles, for reasons now obscure, became the dominant contest. The Centuries-Old Good Friday Tradition You've Probably Never Heard About 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The story, in which five high-born suitors must attempt to retrieve impossible objects before Kaguya will even consider their proposals, is dark and involves the death of one of her swains. ‘The Tale of the Princess Kaguya’ movie review While the swain barks up the wrong tree, the tone of the party has changed. Does your work party fit the template? 2012-12-19T01:26:42Z Till Edwin came, the pride of swains, A soul devoid of art; And from whose eyes, serenely mild, Shone forth the feeling heart. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z Or, watchful for the lab’ring swain, From lurking rats secure the grain? Moores Fables for the Female Sex 2012-04-24T02:00:20.600Z Perhaps not, if he knew all the charms of the rice field, which might make a country swain quite willing to linger. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The country round Bethlehem was not a peaceful paradise, and the career of a shepherd was not the easy life of lovesick swains which poets dream. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Luckily the jam roll trade was flourishing, and so it was seldom the youthful swain met his lady-love empty-handed. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z By contrast with the local swains, he was irresistible. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Now the harvest’s o’er, And the grain we store, And the stacks we pull, And the barn is full, The merry, merry reapers sing again, And jocund shouts the happy harvest swain, Hallo Large! The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z “You fly, alas! not knowing whom you fly; No ill-bred swain, nor rustic clown, am I.” Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Cliffs, which, for many a later year, The warbling Doric reed shall hear, When some sad swain shall teach the grove, Ambition is no cure for love! In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The swains whom Shiver-the-Frills allowed to visit his tumble-down mansion paid court to her instead of to her sisters. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z For this I received sixpence, and laid it out in figs, of which Peg and her swain each ate so many as to make themselves ill. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Sometimes we would play at being shepherds and shepherdesses, but in this I always failed lamentably, for my nymph invariably complained that I was not as enterprising as a swain should be. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z All our pleasures known to us poor swains, All our merry meeting on the plains, All our evening sports from us are fled, All our love is lost, for love is dead. Bacon and Shakspere 2012-03-14T02:00:24.313Z Nearly all the older English poets, though writing glibly of woods and vales, of shepherds and swains, of buds and blossoms, scarcely allude to a flower in a natural way. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z But Shiver-the-Frills told the sighing, but impecunious, swain to keep off, and ordered Marguerite to marry Farmer, who had a snug fortune. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z So when a youthful swain appears, The roses he shall wreathe; And when an old man bent with years, He’ll drink the stream beneath. Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z Where larks and linnets sing so sweet, To cheer each lively swain, Let each prove true unto her lover, And so farewell the plain.” England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delights each May-morning; If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love. Bacon and Shakspere 2012-03-14T02:00:24.313Z Warily scanning the horizon, Marie Antoinette fixed, as the fitting swain, on Clovis, Marquis de Gange, and de Br�ze agreed with her majesty that Clovis was just the man. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Emma went to the captain of the ship to beg for her swain's release. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z She could not leave her lady's service just at present, she explained, but would seek the earliest opportunity if the swain would promise to be true. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Of course Sampei remembered now, for indeed the too independent Koshiu, dreading some such misfortune as had come to pass, had testily turned upon the dallying swain, which had mightily offended his lordship. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z When, fond of power, of beauty vain, Her nets she spread for every swain, I strove to hate, but vainly strove: Tell me, my heart, if this be love? A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z It was not, however, to denounce an undeserving swain who was a democrat that the mar�chal strode into her room, and hearkening to his discourse she felt relieved. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z To offer the apologies of a faithless swain was no more in his line than to be a faithless swain himself; the fleeting relics of Harry's authority had imposed a last uncongenial task. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z The old lady was gone, and the swain was gone, and naughty Toinon felt not the least compunction for fooling the simple fellow. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Now enlisted as an usher—so a freakish fate ordains— I employ my best endeavours and the remnant of my brains Setting and correcting essays written by scholastic swains. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 2012-02-11T03:03:42.797Z The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning. A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z Women have sharp instincts, and since they require wooing, despise too bashful swains. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z He is supposed to be referred to in the poem of Lochleven, in the lines commencing,— "I knew an aged swain whose hoary head Was bent with years, the village chronicle," etc. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Thy country teems with wealth And property assures it to the swain, Pleas'd and unwearied in his guarded toil. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Fashion exerts her power, and seldom finds more devoted votaries than among these dark damsels and their loving swains. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z Humans—sighing swains, vow-laden suitors—can any of you match it? Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z It is disconcerting when an amorous and fervid swain inflicts burning kisses on your skin, and next day forgets the transgression. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z They fabled not, in peopling rural shades With all most beautiful in heart and frame; Where without guile swains woo'd their happy maids, And love was friendship with a gentler name. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z And oft the swain, On some impatient seizing, hurls them in: Embolden'd, then, nor hesitating more, Fast, fast they plunge amid the flashing wave, And panting labor to the farther shore. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Mr. Johnson's welcome, meanwhile, was as that of the prodigal swain. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z I then wrote to the very amiable French Colonel at Noumea and asked whether under the circumstances he could see his way to letting the lovelorn swain return to Australia instead of to France. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z If she had gone too far with one of the Paris swains she could not have been more completely ostracised. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z And the black dogs of war were seen to join, Howl o'er the soil, and dispossess the swain: Why must I leave these climes of frost and snow?— The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z Home, from the morning task, the swain retreats; His flock before him stepping to the fold: While the full-udder'd mother lows around The cheerful cottage, then expecting food, The food of innocence and health! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Men and women, let them but fall in love, and they were all swains and nymphs, though they dabbled in the stocks and were as hard-headed as before and afterwards. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z However, don't be talked into a partiality for the swain, for none of us here have a wish to become match-makers. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z The newly-arrived swains vied with each other in endeavouring to forestall her wishes. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z No more the swains the tune prolong, No more the maidens join the lay: Is this the place where Nancy slept In downy beds of blue and green?— The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z The elf being enamoured of this swain, projected a deadly attack upon her rival. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z There, vengeful, in their wastes of snow The Britons guard the frozen shore, And Damon there is perished now, The swain that shall return no more! The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z I expect my sister and her swain tomorrow. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z Many a loving swain By his loving helpmate with more content has lain. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z He dropt a tear on Susan's bier, He seemed a most despairing swain; But bluer sky brought newer tie, And—would he wish her back again? A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z The tailor, a stage-struck swain, said that if he were allowed to appear on the benefit night, in addition to stage tuition from Cooke, the garments should be forthcoming. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z "On yonder peaked hill fresh harvests rise, Where wretched he—the Ethiopian swain." The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Her incensed swain, grappling heroically with his feelings, began to stride about the room. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z At the welcome call, each swain, an arm encircling his partner's waist gently but firmly, placed one calloused paw against the lady's back, just below the shoulder blades, while her palm sought his arm. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Yet if her thought on wooing runs— And if her swain and she are ones Who fancy strolling, She'd like my nonsense less than his, And so it's better as it is— And that's consoling. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z Nobody will marry her, and suddenly you, a rich and eminent man of rank and title, appear on the scene as her accepted swain. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z The inclosure, now, succeeds the shepherd's care, Yet milk-white flocks adorn the well stock'd farm, And court the attention of the industrious swain.— The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Sakhī: Amorous the swain, and little is his darling: If hands be laid on her, how many are her wiles! Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z If the swain had been a Frenchman or an Italian, or even an Englishman, it might have been argued that his attachment to the lady was not a very ardent one. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Fair Countess—I wax grey—awhile Your youthful swains will sigh or smile; But should you scorn, for smile or sigh, A grey old Bard—as great as I? A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z I love their swains with the sweet earth all about them. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Here, to forget the labours of the day, No more the swains at evening hours repair, But wandering flocks assume the well known way To shun the rigours of the midnight air. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Honeyed was the swain's speech, Tremulous the beauty's sighs; Her Lord enfolded her upon his lap. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z He has given us a volume of his poetry—true, genuine poetry—not such as Coleridge’s or Wordsworth’s, but Miss Seward’s and Dr. Darwin’s— Dying swains to sighing Delias. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z Anthony had left off smoking, and was listening as men seldom listened to this love-sick swain. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z What would a Suffolk miller’s swain have said if I had repeated to him verses out of Beowulf or even Chaucer, and had asked him about the residence of Skelton?” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z Thyrsis Fairest of the female train, You must seek another swain, Damon will not come again! The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Rādhā: I know not the taste of love, nor the colour of desire; How may I have ado, my dear, with yonder swain, That I should love him as you ask? Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z She affects a coyness and lack of interest, by hitching herself sideways along the bottom of the aquarium, with her head turned over her right shoulder away from the swain. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z The excitement was now intense, and the young girl perfectly quivered with nervous anxiety as she watched every movement of her swain. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z "Ye glittering towns, with wealth and splendour crown'd, Ye fields, where summer spreads profusion round, Ye lakes, whose vessels catch the busy gale, Ye bending swains, that dress the flow'ry vale." Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z Should the lady's choice fall upon an unwilling swain, which seldom happened, he could be excused by assuming the expenses of the entertainment. The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the notable settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 2011-09-24T02:00:14.187Z He is learned in love, a passionate swain, And I a weak girl of scanty wisdom. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z It was a big mustache, the kind you see in tintypes of swains of long ago. Test Pilot 2011-09-21T02:00:37.513Z “Oh, yes,” said the latter, “we just keep on the go continually, every afternoon and evening, with a devoted swain each day to replace the ones of the day before.” Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z And shall I be metamorphosed into one of those youthful swains, that are twining their garlands with such bewitching grace? The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z Jack made a diffident swain; it was the girl who slipped her hand into his. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z I took the news in excellent part, and played the hopeless swain for a while, to amuse her, and so cunningly, too, that presently the charming child felt bound to comfort me. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z In Australia he had seen very little of her, though enough to regard her at the time as an arrant little heartless flirt, for whom sighed silly swains innumerable. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z Gay’s pastorals completely achieved this object, but his ludicrous pictures of the English swains and their loves were found to be abundantly entertaining on their own account. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z I still had hopes, for pride attends me still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill; Around my fire an evening group to draw And tell of all I felt and all I saw. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z We have choice of songs, and merry books, too, All pleasant and witty, delightful and new, Which every young swain may whistle at plough, And every fair milk-maid may sing at her cow. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z On dipping into the past, however, I discovered that the inscription was intended to have read as follows:— Ye Naiads! venerate the swain Who joined the Dryads to your train. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z Shortly after, however, the parents brought the news to the delighted swain that he might send home the cows, as the girl had consented. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z It was soon clearly understood that Rose was not in the matrimonial market at all, and admiring swains said no more. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z “Why didn’t you come before, sir?” said the lady, looking very severely at her swain. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z For the last eight days he has been clad in iron from top to toe, and has personated the marsk's confidential swain, Mat Jute. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z On the rough table, covered with a blanket wrought by the hands of an Indian squaw, glimpsed a gilded fan, half-open, showing court ladies, dressed as shepherdesses, blowing kisses to their ephemeral swains. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z Yet who ever heard of an enamored swain offering his heart at the feet of his fair lady at such an unearthly hour? Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z Upon arrival there was à speedy courtship, and the lucky swain gladly paid a hundred and twenty pounds of the best tobacco for the cost of transportation. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Ask the humble swain of yonder fair-haired, blue-eyed, and angel-faced damsel, if he knows what it is to be bullied? The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Before daybreak we must ride to meet the king, with our boldest swains. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Why should I vain fears discover, Prove a dying, sighing swain? Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z In attendance on this love-lorn swain is a yeoman clad in Lincoln green and bristling with arms. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z She pursues her faithless swain, thou her, I thee, her brother me. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z On Sundays her happy swain soared into an empyrean of prosperity and opulence where he sat enthroned high above her, talking exuberantly of a future she dared not envisage. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z And suppose, further, that I, with my knights and swains, surround and conquer all Christopher's islands and countries, are they, by right, mine? The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Ah! how can she unmov'd e'er see Her swain his death incur? Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z On the way back to the wagons the two ardent swains paused for a few minutes’ conversation beneath the glowing stars. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Gaudily arrayed maidens followed with their attendant swains. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Rose, large, plain, and red-headed, sighed for swains who did not walk out with her. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z "Has not Drost Hessel taught you yet, my little king, that we do not play dice with islands and countries, and do not convert knights and swains into counters?" The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z A young woman who so rashly espouses the cause of a swain, simply because he has the prospect of a pair of handcuffs staring him in the face, is unreliable, sadly out of balance. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z The swain replied: 'It never was our guise To slight the poor, or aught humane despise. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z It was about the middle of the afternoon when the expected swains arrived. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Girls in white, garlanded with flaming flowers, were dancing the eternal jig of the country with their brown swains. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z Suppose the gold dice are islands and countries, and the counters knights and swains: have I, as eldest, the privilege of taking first? The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Close to her mother's side she clings And mocks the death her folly brings To gentle swains that feel the smarts Her eyes inflict upon their hearts. Hoosier Lyrics 2011-05-20T02:00:38.353Z And Polydore tells me that Edward Owen is just as peevish for her sake," the sister continued, "as she for her absent swain's. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z Sunday passed with its almost interminable services, and on Monday Maria and Petronella were united in marriage to their respective swains. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z The blinded, fluttering moth towards the candle flies, Then frizzles, falls, and falters—"Blessings unto thee"— The panting swain that o'er his beauteous mistress sighs, Seems like the Sick, that stroke their gravestones lovingly. The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z I well remember how the ballad goes:-- "The knight, and eke his swain, They rode from the Ting together: The knight they let go free-- The swain they hanged in a tether." The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z So when a youthful swain appears, The roses he shall wreathe; And when an old man bent with years, He'll drink the stream beneath. An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z Adieu, ye streams that smoothly glide Through mazy windings o’er the plain; I’ll in some lonely cave reside, And ever mourn my faithful swain. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z Yet well they loved; and the god of Love, Whom well the King had sung, Might find on the earth no truer hearts His lowliest swains among. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z I borrowed this apparel of a shepherd swain in my father's service, whom I entrusted with my secret, and begged him to attend me in my pursuit of Don Fernando. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Beatrice Hill alone, thinks out her plan for the following evening with tears, which she brushes away with bare hands, having given her mits to her fickle swain to keep his hands from the frost. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z Then came the second f�te, and the temptation once more to watch her fickle swain. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z Alas! by Tweed my love did stray, For me he searched the banks around; But, ah! the sad and fatal day, My love, the pride of swains, was drown’d. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z I looked up, to see Helen in the doorway, surrounded by formally attentive swains. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z This opposition of images succeeds even in painting; and the Arcadian landscape of Poussin, representing the rural festivity of swains, would lose much of its charm if it wanted the monument and inscription. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Thee first I spied; and the first swain we see, In spite of fortune shall our true love be. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Oh, the cruelty of old tough fathers, to force young, tender maidens, away from the sweet, amiable swains, that so dearly love them! oh! oh! oh! Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z The folly of giving them away gratis could not be indulged in, therefore, and she kept her sighing swain at a distance for a little time. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z Consider for instance the swain who loves a lady who has been brought up on the picture plays of Bill Hart. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z Yet “Such the ungentle sport that oft invites The Spanish maid, and cheers the Spanish swain.” With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z The young woman's father threatened to have a suit brought for breach of promise; and her big brother said that he would cudgel the swain if he proved false to his engagement. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Away he scampers with Miss Hartley, and Peggy, curtly resisting all her ill-used swain's entreaties to take another turn, insists upon being led back there and then to her chaperon. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z When she sings, Soon she brings Listeners out from every cot; Pensive swains Hush their strains,— All their sorrows are forgot. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z He forgot that Anglo-Saxon swains are less prone to languish in public than their brothers of Gaul. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o’er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z The wily apothecary had given the despairing swain a bottle of brandy, and instead of romantically dying for love, he had become stupidly drunk. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z At first the defection was not noted, but when she elected to sit by Frank while they watched the acrobats the new swain took heart once more and squeezed her arm. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z They are both dead now—the girl and her village swain—shot down instantly by the howling Germans. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z They twist it in order to make the crown which they hide under a handkerchief, usually a red one, which they wear tied about the head in the manner of the swains of Aragón. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z Many a dark-eyed damsel had been led by her happy swain to the nuptial wigwam, when a gayer procession than usual was to be seen passing up the centre street of the encampment at Gaïel. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Finally the lights disappear, and the fair Juliet has retired to rest, while the toil-worn swain proceeds homeward, breathless, and faint, and leaning upon his hickory cudgel. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Notwithstanding her faithless swain’s statement to her sister, she was quite as good-looking as Kitty, and sorrow had given her face a pathetic dignity that in no wise diminished its charm. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z The great unequal conflict past, The Britons banished from our shore, Peace, heaven-descended, comes at last, And hostile nations rage no more; From fields of death the weary swain Returning, seeks his native plain. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z That often he has stood without thy door, While thou did’st other swains prefer before: That oft the tear hath dim’d his eye so bright, His locks all dripping with the dews of night! Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect 2011-02-16T03:00:41.223Z The other women came in, gayly dressed and accompanied always by a red-faced swain. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Springing to her feet, she turns toward the balcony, careless of the fact that she has destroyed the lovely picture she made sitting on the greensward, surrounded by her attendant swains. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z I'm not young, and"—she cast a second tender glance on her swain, who was eating largely—"ah, well, its useless to talk of weddings when funerals are in the air. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Who is Sylvia? what is she, That all our swains commend her? Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z A sturdy swain approaches with a smile and says to you, "May I cut in?" Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z Poor swain and shepherdess on the parlour vase! Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Yes! they may die—and die—and die again, But ye's return, and wed a Scotish swain— Or wed him there. The Hubble-Shue 2011-01-24T03:00:16.303Z Pen sighed for it first in secret, and, like the love-sick swain in Ovid, opened his breast, and said—"Aura, veni." A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z Yonder lass will live to make wild work with the hearts of some of the village swains before she dies, for all her cherubim looks. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z A hundred and more love-lorn swains, and cowards have gone the same way. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z Some of the soldiers trooped after them and Barbara walked with her swains. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z ‘Holy Dwynwen, goddess of love, daughter of Brychan,’ had a church dedicated to her in Anglesea in 590; and for ages her shrine was resorted to by desponding swains and lovesick maidens. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Then from the harvest, oft the mimic swain Seems bending with a load of bearded grain. Heathen Mythology See where the lady Charlotte leads her two attendant swains toward the house yonder. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z They were the favourite resort, in the olden time, of the love-sick swains and maidens of the city. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 Except that some of them were a little older than the swains who had so awkwardly wooed Barbara in Missouri, they did not differ greatly from the Tenney's Crossing youths. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z Not "The swain who, journeying homeward from A day's long labour, feels The form of beauty smiling on his soul." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 A nymph of late there was, Whose heavenly form her fellows did surpass, The pride and joy of fair Arcadia's plains, Beloved by deities, adored by swains. Heathen Mythology It is unnecessary to trouble our readers with all the love-passages between the two lovesick swains, which, although exceedingly interesting to the parties themselves, is anything but agreeable to any one else. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 This was no more than her swain had expected, and he returned resignedly to the hotel, where he passed an exceedingly unprofitable morning smoking and playing billiards. "Pip" A Romance of Youth Ye large of soul, Cheer up dejected industry, and give A double harvest to the pining swain. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams "Too loud," whispered Peckover critically as the jilted swain passed him. A Poached Peerage Ho gentlemen! lift your glasses up— Each gallant, each swain and lover— A kiss to the beads that brim in the cup A laugh for the foam spilt over! Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Probably after the hard work of her lonely days, she took it out at night in the arms of a swain. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers An instant later she was leaning back in her seat, smilingly dipping an answering pennant to the frenzied signals of her rapidly approaching swain. "Pip" A Romance of Youth May that day be far distant from America, when "trade's unfeeling train" shall "usurp this land, and dispossess the swain." Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams "And I've been hanging about a good half-hour to see you, Mercy," her swain declared impressively. A Poached Peerage Being anxious to know who was his partner, the swain cut a snippet from her dress and, moreover, made her a present of a gold piece, then both joined the rest of the company. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Of course he was the largest animal of his time, but he probably fought rival swains for his lady love. Unexplored! The first I spied, and the first swain we see, In spite of Fortune shall our true love be.” Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations On such occasions the swain would open his heart to Loysik. The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter Sure enough Lady Betty was approaching in animated converse with her attendant swain but as she passed, the fan she had been using fell and lay unnoticed within a yard of the Major's trim shoe. Our Admirable Betty A Romance The swain or the maid left alone is not rated of the social elect. The Broken Gate A Novel Thus— “When Luna first her scatter’d fires recalls, If with blunt horns she holds the dusky air, Seamen and swains predict th’ abundant shower.” The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Far up on the mountain, bright fires were burning; for it was Saturday night, and the mountain lasses were looking out for their swains. On the Heights A Novel To us yet speak the strains, Wherewith, in time gone by, Ye blessed the Syrian swains,— O Voices of the sky! Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion During the courting season an enamored swain will sit for hours in silent contemplation of his own graceful pose, or chanting softly, "I am alone—alone—alone." Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Oh, sweethearts and swains! mind ye of this: when a love-letter differs from that, it emanates from a poet or a fraud. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes When Luna first her scatter’d fires recalls, If with blunt horns she holds the dusky air, Seamen and swains predict th’ abundant shower. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes What busy cares, too timely born, Young swain! disturb thy sleep? Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, In Their Collated Readings of 1647, 1651, 1657. With an Introduction, Textual Notes, A List of Editions, An Appendis of Translation, and a Portrait. So she spent her days dressing and basking in the company of a dozen different swains, and the atom cast no annoying shadow on her pathway. Leerie “Send the swain for whom she sighs to comfort her, my dear mamma.” The New Mistress A Tale Still have I known thee for a silly swain; Of things past help what boots it to complain? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 How can a man of fifty, to whom, as regards face and figure, Nature has been stingy, play an amorous swain of twenty without taking refuge in a mannerism? The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. No other young fellow could get within touch of the city girls, therefore, although there was doubtless many a swain who would have been glad to do so. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the herald of the sea That came in Neptune's plea; He ask'd the waves, and ask'd the felon winds, What hard mishap hath doom'd this gentle swain? The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes The swain himself celebrates festal days; and extended on the grass, where a fire is in the middle, and where his companions crown the bowl, invokes thee, O Lan�us, making libation. Roman Women "Well, maids must weep when swains desert," lisped the silly young man, whom no one answered. Maid Sally Among the many swains who followed in her wake and indited to her amorous missives and verses was Garrick. Women of England Objection," he says, in the paper he submitted to Walsh, "that hides without the accusative herself is not good English, and that from her deluded swain is needless. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Nares, too, quotes from Green’s “Never Too Late” an account of the pilgrim’s dress: “A hat of straw, like to a swain, Shelter for the sun and rain, With a scallop-shell before.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare Yet oft the hoary swain, when autumn sighs Through the long grass, sees a dim form arise, That hies in glimmering moonlight to the brook, Its wan lips moving, in its hand a book. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May-morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me, and be my love. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 One that some hapless swain Might carry as a token Of her he loves, yet loves in vain, With constancy unbroken. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 Pope had at first written: Thus sung the swains while day yet strove with night, And heav'n yet languished with departing light. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition How prettily the young swain seems to wash The hand, was fair before!—I have put you out:— But, to your protestation; let me hear What you profess. Folk-lore of Shakespeare And then he exclaims, "Lords, lords, lords; nothing but princes and lords, and The People never alluded to except as worthless peasants, or to be scorned as scabs, and hedge-born swains." The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. The young man thought to himself, as his companion walked by his side, what a housekeeper she would make for some country swain, who should be fortunate enough to possess her for a wife! The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. Wladomir, therefore quietly played the part of a sighing swain in the court of his idol, and waited to see what time and circumstances might produce in his favour. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors There was not the same reason why the swain should keep secret the transport he felt at the sight of wheat fields. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Jack once muttered to me that she'd 'knock the men over' and he seemed to take a certain grim relish in contemplating the future overthrow of the love-sick swains. Captain Macedoine's Daughter “I’ve an appointment with a friend,” she admitted, wondering whether the swain would protest too strongly if she accepted the invitation. The Bartlett Mystery Under the jealous ministrations of her Centaur swains she had developed a great skill of horsewoman-ship, and in their company she and Grace Carter had ridden the range thoroughly, leaving not one point thereof unexplored. The Song of the Wolf In the absence of a mother there had been someone else, a sister, perhaps, and a procession of sweethearts to whom he had been swain. Eden An Episode To gain her sight a thousand forms he wears; And first a reaper from the field appears;30 Sweating he walks, while loads of golden grain O'ercharge the shoulders of the seeming swain. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition "When to the mighty mother pipes the swain, Grudge not a trifle for his pious strain." Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning A clerk, one of the would-be swains who had met with chilling discouragement after working-hours, was evidently on the lookout for her. The Bartlett Mystery How many a young swain brings or finds here the lady of his heart! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 What is she That all our swains commend her? Portia or By Passions Rocked Alteration: The wanton Chloris beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludes her eager swain. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition What Dante saw in Beatrice, what Abélard saw in Héloïse, Romeo in Juliet, so some wondering swain could have seen in her—and suffered a like fate. The "Genius" Such was Rosamund's declared opinion upon matrimony; and it caused gloom to dwell in the heart of many a love-sick swain. Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children The sighing swain, with a fluttering heart and unsteady steps, summoned his courage and entered the place, to him as mysterious as was Bluebeard’s golden-keyed closet to his ninth wife. The Witches of New York "Don't be severe," says Dulce, reprovingly; "extravagant praise is always false, and as to the swains, that is what she wants them to do, only they won't." Portia or By Passions Rocked So, with becoming art, the players dress In silks the shepherd and the shepherdess; Yet still unchanged the form and mode remain,40 Shaped like the homely russet of the swain. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition A swain would consider it belittled his dignity. Our Southern Highlanders He shook his mitred locks, and stern bespake:— “How well could I have spared for thee, young swain, Enow of such as, for their bellies’ sake, Creep, and intrude, and climb into the fold! Minor Poems by Milton Oh, certainly; All the affecting graces of a pining love-sick swain will be destroyed: you'll lose all your credit with the ladies.—Apropos of ladies, how do you stand with Miss Drave? The Nephews: A Play, in Five Acts. Let the tenants of our rocks, Shepherds watching o'er their flocks, Village swain and peasant boy, Thee salute with songs of joy! Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) In the manners he seems a little defective, for his swains are sometimes abusive and immodest, and perhaps too much inclining to rusticity; for instance, in his fourth and fifth Idyllia. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition “It is too funny for words to see you playing the trustful swain,” she said. The Silent Barrier The swain Thyrsis is in his own character a practitioner of magic. Minor Poems by Milton I can see the swains for miles around polishing their manners and taking astonishing pains with their Sunday's best, to make a good impression. Cupid's Middleman "Yes," thought I; "and if the little lady ever gets a glance from admiring swains as sincere as that, she will be lucky." The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings Instead of bewailing, and sighing, and fainting like a lovesick swain, it would be better to set to work to think out some plan for rescuing your Marianna. Weird Tales. Vol. I The news was a great shock to Jefferson, who refused to believe it until Page confirmed it; but the love-lorn swain gradually recovered from his disappointment. Threads of Grey and Gold The playful tone in which the spirit calls upon the swains to give place to their betters is charming. Minor Poems by Milton Ye silly swains, thought I to myself, why do you torment yourselves thus? The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 Never heard I of heroes more hardy in war, 40 Of sixty who strove more strongly or bravely, Of swains who repaid their sweet mead better Than his loyal liegemen to their loved Hnæf. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose That brilliant Court, with a goddess at its head, and full of charming swains and divine nymphs, had also another side. Spenser As she gradually became able to talk to him she inquired about his bride, and the enamoured swain raved to her unceasingly of Albina's beauty and charm. Jena or Sedan? And that to the swain who hopes to capture a hesitating maiden would, as every masculine knows, have been fatal. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories But Ruth had always been so busy—there were such a multitude of things she was interested in—that never a sentimental thought had entered her head about any of these young swains. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended But hear, O ye swains,—'tis a tale most profane, How all the tyrannical powers, Kings, Commons, and Lords, are uniting amain, To cut down this guardian of ours. The Little Book of the Flag For the least fraction of a second she looked from one to the other of her pair of rival swains, and seemed to hesitate. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Had he been a young man he might have walked safely and speedily under the guidance of some frugal swain or tripping dairymaid returning from market. Old Roads and New Roads You won’t live long, my swain; tall and overgrown ones like thee never does; yet, if you should chance to reach my years, you may boast to thy great-grand-boys thou hast seen Marshland Shales.’ Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest “Around the head Of wandering swain the white-winged plover wheels Her sounding flight, and then directly on In long excursion skims the level lawn, To tempt him from her nest.” Happy Days for Boys and Girls Low as the singer lies In the field of heather, Songs of his fashion bring The swains together. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) I had more swains at my feet in a fortnight than our Dorothy in——O, I cannot fathom it: it must be the girl’s own fault. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV The swain in the poem tells of his intention to make a bonnet for his chosen nymph to wear. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The questions, at first sight, seemed more adapted to love-sick swains than to the practical problem before Denver, but he came back to number nine. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp Oft the Phoebe’s cheery notes Wake the laboring swain; “Come, come!” say the merry throats, “Morn is here again.” Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 3 September 1897 But his first agony was passed as well as her own, and she endeavoured to forget him in her swain’s comments upon the political news arrived with the packet that afternoon. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 "You had better pick out some old man—some white-headed or bald-headed swain." Shirley "Are you really willing to allow it?" continues the swain. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes Ardent swains pay open court to their sweethearts, promenading halls and grounds together and even pressing suit in the class room! The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains But love was beginning its usual hocus-pocus with character and turning a tired business man into a restless swain. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Here, a girl’s snapping black eyes, winking devilishly, and pursed-up Cupid mouth invited a new swain to master her. Orphans of the Storm Like a love-lorn maiden, pale and pining for a neglectful swain? Shirley "Oh, if that were only true," sighed the disconsolate swain. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly “The story of the discomfited lovers is spreading in the school, and the quotation of ‘Frog went courting, he did ride,’ hilariously given is quenching the ardour of many an amorous swain. The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains He brings in groups of Chinese in oriental dress, and then he condescends to paint country girls and their rustic swains, in the style of Phyllis and Corydon. The Venetian School of Painting "This proves at least that Blue Beard has never loved sentimental swains!" said the chevalier. A Romance of the West Indies "You know the surest path to the heart of each swain, I doubt not," said Moore quietly. Shirley No wailing ghost shall dare appear 5 To vex with shrieks this quiet grove; But shepherd swains assemble here, But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir Three or four of them occasioned much merriment, for they were written by love-lorn swains whom the cruel hand of war had torn from their sweethearts. Raiding with Morgan The night of the ball came at last—the night which had been looked forward to so anxiously for weeks by many a maiden and brave swain. Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover Then after a sound beating she was handed over to the ardent swain along with the cows, and so forth, nominated in the bond. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The school-ma’am whispered impressively–– “‘Maid who angers faithful swain Will shed more tears and know mere pain Than she who loves and loves in vain.’” The Hound From The North Not with more grief the afflicted swains appear, When wintry winds deform the plenteous year; When lingering frosts the ruin’d seats invade 15 Where Peace resorted, and the Graces play’d. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir She rose and swept into the house, followed by her despairing swain. In a Little Town The go-betweens are often not very scrupulous, and for good fees sometimes manage to palm off damsels of unsatisfactory features on unsuspecting swains, or match undesirable young fellows with girls vastly superior to them. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions He had invited Manuela, he was sure: had he included her swain? The Spanish Jade PIERROT, no sentimental swain, Washes a p�t� down again With furtive flagons, white and red. Silhouettes Yon citron grove, whence first in fear we came, Droops its fair honors to the conquering flame: Far fly the swains, like us, in deep despair, And leave to ruffian bands their fleecy care. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir Ah, Colin! thy hopes are in vain; Thy pipe and thy laurel resign; Thy false one inclines to a swain Whose music is sweeter than thine. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges It was a resolute Tilda who awaited her swain at the kitchen door that night. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 See there now—is not it exquisite—why my caps and turbans will turn the heads of all the swains in the village. Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 Maids in virgin beauty blooming, On Britannia's sea-girt isle, Say no more your swains are coming, Or with songs the day beguile. The Battle of Bunkers-Hill These, too, thou’lt sing! for well thy magic muse Can to the topmost heaven of grandeur soar; Or stoop to wail the swain that is no more! The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir Young ladies, with their attendant swains, in holiday attire, wandered about arm in arm, eating peanuts. Treasure Valley The native swains did not approach because they were afraid of Tom, and girl friends were denied by a far more unrelenting danger—compromise. Sunlight Patch Then peeped the Damsel Swanelil Forth from the mountain brow: “O whence can be these stranger swains, As guests that seek us now?” Young Swaigder, or The Force of Runes and Other Ballads O, call ye in my serving swains, Bid them come instantly. Tord of Hafsborough and Other Ballads She brought offerings of late roses or autumn violets from home, and followed her idol about the school like a love-sick swain. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life Each of the sopranos had an attendant swain in the basses. Treasure Valley Unto her did of knights and swains The very flower ride; Not one of them the maid to win Could climb the mountain’s side. The Tale of Brynild, and King Valdemar and his Sister Two Ballads “If the swain has been so long by the sea That he sighs for his native land, I will give him a chest of gold, To be subject to his hand.” p. Young Swaigder, or The Force of Runes and Other Ballads And do thou hear, thou fair young swain I pray I may not offend, But the very next maid that I know of Sir Tabor’s goats doth tend. Tord of Hafsborough and Other Ballads And if the swain for home doth long, Then I will take him to the shore; And I will give him silver and gold, And in a coffer it will store. The Mermaid's Prophecy and Other Songs Relating to Queen Dagmar She did not mind the boisterous attentions of her present swain; but with Maggie by there seemed to be a difference. The School Queens Here sit ye all my Danish swains On whom I bread bestow, Now which of ye will risk his life To lay the Berner low? The Giant of Bern and Orm Ungerswayne a Ballad Thereto the Stepmother made reply, She was tow’rds her disposed maliciously: “The horses graze upon the mead, And the coach swains heavy they sleep in bed.” Young Swaigder, or The Force of Runes and Other Ballads But the swain gave him both silver and gold, Contented away he hied; Then he unhindered did carry the maid To her father’s halls of pride. Tord of Hafsborough and Other Ballads Then Ellenlile her mantle donned, And went and stood by Rosmer’s knee: “O here’s a swain from Iceland come, And he’s of nearest kin to me.” p. The Mermaid's Prophecy and Other Songs Relating to Queen Dagmar The swains they drank deep and they made themselves gay, And so did Sir Verner in prison that lay. Signelil a Tale from the Cornish, and Other Ballads It was a distraite maiden who greeted the visiting swain that night and one so inattentive to his wooing that his silences became long, under discouragement, and his temper sullen. The Roof Tree It was then the ancient man Was the first to make enquire: “O, what is the name of the young swain With the sword, and the look of fire?” Young Swaigder, or The Force of Runes and Other Ballads And now, adorned with rustic lays and bleeding hearts, the swain sends to his favourite maid the mysterious valentine. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago And the young girl took the line with trembling hand, while her swain plied the needle across the stitches of the embroidery. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The damsel had probably passed two or three hours in the night air, waiting for her "faithless swain." My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. “But hear who loves thee;—no rough mountain swain; “No shepherd;—none in raiments rugged clad, “Tending the lowing herds: rash thoughtless nymph, “Thou fly'st thou know'st not whom, and therefore fly'st! The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II “There is within this land a maid, Who pining long hath been For a swain that hight is Swaigder, And him she ne’er has seen.” Young Swaigder, or The Force of Runes and Other Ballads And when an admiring swain protested his warm 'interest,' he brought only one word that chimed with my train of thought. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Only devoted swains, like himself, hied them there to win wherewithal for a bauble with which to speed their wooing. Heart of the Blue Ridge Both dearly love to talk over all that's going on, and whether this or that village swain is paying especial attention to any one rosy cheeked lass, and if so "what's likely to come on't." Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Now the disease, a heavier scourge, attacks “The hapless swains, and in the lofty walls “Of cities rules. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II If longs she after a young swain On whom she ne’er set eye, And he is hight young Swaigder, He is here in verity. p. Young Swaigder, or The Force of Runes and Other Ballads So thinks everybody who has survived Puritanism unscathed, so thought the majority of Brineweald's visitors that year, so thought Mrs. Delarayne and her party of eager young swains and still more eager virgins. Too Old for Dolls A Novel Nor will these vocal woods and valleys fail, Nor Isca's louder streams, this to bewail; But while swains hope, and seasons change, will glide With moving murmurs because Daphnis died. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II With Alice, though many of the village swains wooed,—she wouldn't. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Him every forest fawn; Each brother satyr; and each sylvan god; And every nymph, with fam'd Olympus wept: And every swain, the woolly flock who fed; Or on the mountain watch'd the horned herd. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II I have no daughter, I have no daughter, No daughter but one have I; And she so sorely longing For a young swain doth lie. Young Swaigder, or The Force of Runes and Other Ballads He was not one of the sighing or sentimental order of swains; he was full of life and adventure and brightness, and his heart was warm and generous. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others May thy gentle swains—like flow'rs— Sweetly spend their youthful hours, And thy beauteous nymphs—like doves— Be kind and faithful to their loves! Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II If the enamoured swain can manage his blowpipe ably enough to procure animal food for his wife their amorous desires are at once contented. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Having sold her basket of cherries she then seated herself on the deck, near the quarter bulwarks, enjoying the excursion and novelty of her situation, and laughing merrily at the discomfiture of her old swain. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition It was the lofty Rosmer King To two serving swains did call: “Bid ye proud Swanelil’s sister’s son Attend me in the hall.” Young Swaigder, or The Force of Runes and Other Ballads So the high song addressed the simple swains; “The gates of life again Open to guilty men, For God, the God of love, eternal reigns!” Old New England Traits Thrice happy swains! whom genuine pleasures bless, If they but knew and felt their happiness! Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Arise, fair Phœoelig;bus! and with looks serene Survey the world which late the orbèd Queen Did pave with pearl to please enamour'd swains. A Lover's Litanies Bright Brilliana, your servants and swains yearned to ride to your help when we heard of your peril, but we could not leave the King in the beginning of his enterprise. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel It was proud Dame Swanelil ’Fore Rosmer goes to stand; “The swain so long has been by the sea, That he sighs for his native land.” Young Swaigder, or The Force of Runes and Other Ballads My name is Norval; on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature While the blows fall thick as hail, in front and behind, the head and corselet of the amorous swain are shaken by an extravagant swaying and trembling. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles The parade was nearly over when Allys and her three swains came again to the lawn. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 She kissed the tips of her fingers to him and moved slowly down the stairs, followed by her indifferent swain. Juggernaut But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the Lion of the deeps; Where, eas'd of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamour'd swain. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Like the cottar or the swain, Gentle shepherd, or the herd; Rest thou till the morn again, Bonny bird! Revised Edition of Poems While the female Glow-worm has her tricks for summoning her swains, the male, on his side, is provided with an optical apparatus suited to catch from afar the least reflection of the calling-signal. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles From off the waters fleet, Thus I set my printless feet O'er the cowslip's velvet head That bends not as I tread; Gentle swain, at thy request I am here! Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades But Thyrsis never more we swains shall see; See him come back, and cut a smoother reed, And blow a strain the world at last shall heed— For Time, not Corydon, hath conquer'd thee! Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold O God, methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain.... Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare One lovely moonlight night four swains with their guitars stationed themselves under the windows of the handsome old house and sang plaintive love songs for an hour or more. A Portrait of Old George Town Valerie had many swains, and more than a few women had looked twice at Anthony. Anthony Lyveden The squares represent sixty-four houses, and the amorous swain visits every house once and only once before reaching his beloved. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems True, 32 the inconstant swain had betaken himself to the next county and there wed another. The Wall Between And when he saddest sits in homely cell, He'll teach his swains this carol for a song: 'Blessed be the hearts that wish my Sovereign well, Cursed be the souls that think her any wrong.' A History of Elizabethan Literature Now list thou fair and gallant swain, To me incline thine ear! The Return of the Dead and Other Ballads As they descended the stairs, Lord Pomfret emerged from the library, cramming cigarettes into his case with the dishevelling manipulation of the belated swain. Anthony Lyveden O there is neither knight nor swain Shall leave this night my habitation. Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg a ballad “Sick in bed if Vidrik lay, Nor could sword nor buckler yield, Many a Danish swain you’d find Would await you in the field.” Ulf Van Yern and Other Ballads “Since into thy bower thou lett’st me not come, O let thy swains guide me, dear heart, to my home.” Proud Signild and Other Ballads She starts; the little lambs aroused from sleep, Fly hence; but Luna near her swain doth keep. Pan and Æolus: Poems Had this been explained to the young sportsman, as one of Valerie's swains it would have spoiled his day. Anthony Lyveden So fast he speeded on his way, Him followed thrice ten swains so merry; But when he reached his castellaye The noble knight was solitary. Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg a ballad But imagine the confusion of a polite Spaniard, on a dark night, stumbling over a recumbent swain: 'My dear sir, I beg your pardon. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia I counsel each swain, in affectionate part, To tempt not too hardly the maid of his heart. Proud Signild and Other Ballads ‘And thither let the village swain repair; ‘And, light of heart, the village maiden gay, ‘To deck with flowers her half-dishevelled hair, ‘And celebrate the merry morn of May. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems "Ye vig'rous swains! while youth ferment your blood, And purer spirits swell the sprightly flood, Now range the hills." Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter I have full seven sons, my lord, And each has thirty swains so steady, They to their loins shall bind the sword And up and help the beauteous lady. Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg a ballad There the swains, in nature’s freedom, Pour their mirth around profusely; And the agéd people fondly See the mirth they once partook of. A Leaf from the Old Forest Well, as it suits—and so good night, most noble love-sick swain. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 And the swain that lovèd most, More assured in love than many, Move despised in love than any. Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age "Methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; * * * * See how the morning opes her golden gates, And takes her farewell of the glorious sun." Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter Jaime, who had gone to Son Febrer on a hunting trip, had an affair with a pretty peasant girl and was on the point of shooting a rustic swain who pretended to her hand. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan But I could see now that Eva had merely played him off against Jack, thinking thereby to induce the younger swain to speak his mind. The Fixed Period Guardian angels, now protect me, Send to me the swain I love; Cupid, with thy bow direct me; Help me, all ye pow'rs above. Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Come, shepherd swains, that wont to hear me sing, Now sigh and groan! Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age One might have thought, judging by the colonel’s quizzical smile, that he was pleased at Jennie’s loss of her former swain. The Brown Mouse The swains seemed to confer with indecision, as if each were afraid to venture first. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan So I was not the only masquerading swain calling on the captive princess in the prison tower. Humorous Ghost Stories Theoretically, English girls are allowed to marry for love, and to choose whichever they like best of all the admiring swains whom they fascinate at croquet-parties or balls. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Come, shepherd swains, come, nymphs, and all a-row To help me cry: Dead is my Love, and, seeing She is so, Lo, now I die! Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age Then ride would none to Viborg town, And attend the corse across the green; But rose up amain a little swain, And he would ride to the Danish Queen. Marsk Stig a ballad “Burnt is our Lady’s house, and burnt Therein so brave a swain; His equal till the day of doom We ne’er shall see again.” Little Engel a ballad with a series of epigrams from the Persian No mollycoddle swain am I. I shall not sit and pine, by gorry! Something Else Again Blood forth streaming from his wound Lies the mighty Kamper dead; Grimmer lives, the brave young swain, Carries off his gold so red. Grimmer and Kamper The End of Sivard Snarenswayne and other ballads There was a youthful swain one day Did ted the new mown grass; There came a gay and lovely may From out the nigh morass. The Brother Avenged and Other Ballads Uprose amain the little swain, And not long idle I ween he stay’d; He tore from the grey the saddle away, And that on the back of the white he laid. Marsk Stig a ballad Burnt is our Lady’s house this day, And burnt so bold a swain. Little Engel a ballad with a series of epigrams from the Persian “O first I trust in my faulchion good, And then I trust in my courser tall, And next to them in my merry swains, But in my own self most of all.” p. Alf the Freebooter Little Danneved and Swayne Trost and other Ballads Two of his most famous songs might as well have been written of swains as maidens. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 26th, 1914 Am I invited to dinner with a swain?... The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Judith delighted in this game because, fleeter of foot, quicker of hand and eye than the others, she continually disappointed any daring swain who thought to have a kiss from her. Judith of the Cumberlands How well could I have spared for thee, young swain, The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance So numerous were these enemies, For him that did in ambush lie, All Danneved’s swains they took their leave, And from their lord did basely fly. Alf the Freebooter Little Danneved and Swayne Trost and other Ballads However, she was, we understood, engaged already to a youth, who was obeying the cruel law prevalent in this place, which compels the accepted swain to absent himself from his inamorata for a long probation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 What is she, That all our swains commend her? Tudor and Stuart Love Songs They call us 'alderman in chains,' With sausages—the stupid swains! Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) At last she saw the discomfited swain re-enter the inn, his car come round, and finally drive off with him; and then she felt what a blank was her victory. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Never did pastoral swain make sweeter melody on his oaten reed. A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue "Now, Cunnel," said a faltering swain the other day, "I want for get me one good lady," which I approved, especially the limitation as to number. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 I cannot change, as others do, Though you unjustly scorn; Since the poor swain that sighs for you, For you alone was born. Tudor and Stuart Love Songs Was ever such a happy swain— He stuffs, and sips, and stuffs again! Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) There the swains are the rarest and maids are the fairest, And their love is as true as it seems! The Sylvan Cabin A Centenary Ode on the Birth of Lincoln and Other Verse "Is there some swain over at the Mill Farm?" The Opened Shutters This will depend upon the income of the swain. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men I smile at Love, and all its arts, The charming Cynthia cried: Take heed, for Love has piercing darts, A wounded swain replied. Tudor and Stuart Love Songs Arise, arise, thou beautiful swain! for thou our dance must share in. p. A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow A jovial swain should not complain Of any buxom fair Who mocks his pain and thinks it gain To quiz his awkward air. English as She is Wrote Showing Curious Ways in which the English Language may be made to Convey Ideas or obscure them. “I’m not pining for a rustic swain to kiss me ’neath the mistletoe bough.” Patty's Success While we ate and drank, she watched us with tranquil interest in violet-coloured eyes that foretold a sleepless night for some bucolic swain in years to come. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions There is little of the look of a despairing swain on his face, as he concludes his soliloquy, and goes out to see that the outer door is secure, before retiring. The Diamond Coterie “Rise, fair-haired swain, and refuse not to dance; and I and my sister will sing thee The loveliest ditties that ever were heard, and the prettiest presents will bring thee.” A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow Of him the red-faced swain whose rounded eyes Dwelt on her charms in moony ecstacies? Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 Though if you mean these beautiful rugs that are on all the floors of your house, Elise, I don’t know that I blame the swains so much. Patty's Success One love-sick swain described an equilateral triangle with a † rising from the vertex, and then inscribed the initials of his fiancée and also his own. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See But the faithless swain was not to escape punishment for his base desertion of Ariadne. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Upon her fair cheek he gave a kiss: “My dearest, my dearest, all sorrow dismiss; “My swains they were that broke into thy bower, ’Twas I that gathered thy virgin flower.” A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. Graded Memory Selections Well, then, I’ll stay blind, for I don’t want to see devoted swains worshipping the Persian rugs I walk on! Patty's Success Leeks to the Welsh, to Dutchmen butter’s dear; Of Irish swains, potatoes is the cheer. A Poetical Cook-Book This the faithless swain did, leaving the weeping maiden deserted on the island. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Hard by lay the pipe, fashioned of the 'foam of perilous seas in fairy lands forlorn,' the pipe on which, perchance, some swain had discoursed sweet music near the shady heights of High Holborn. He It was borne usually on the evening air, but on this occasion the idle swain had taken up his instrument within an hour or two of his early dinner. Ralph the Heir But the swains are doing the pining, without doubt.” Patty's Success "I would see the goodman," says the swain. The Sundering Flood Also they knew it was the last chance for a shy young swain to declare himself to his true love as they sang the ancient ballad, which granny would start, and did its bidding. Blue Ridge Country It is the term that every swain, washed and unwashed, uses in referring to his lusts. The Goose Man But the beauty would have none of him, and he had gone back to his living in Hampshire a broken-hearted priest and swain. Ralph the Heir They were often filled with sweetmeats and comfits, ornamented with bows of ribbon, and presented to ladies of their choice by devoted swains. Chats on Household Curios The young women, with many blushes and shy glances, steal off to quiet nooks with their imploring swains. The Uncalled A Novel The rest of the evening she spent on the rock beside Hawkins while the two young swains made merry with the other girls and Miss Penny simpered and Miss Ardle was correspondingly caustic. Stubble He set her in the boat, jumped in himself, and they were off, leaving the two swains hip deep and helpless. The Cricket Moreover, the tenderest parts of us are ever bare and naked—our eyes, face, mouth, nose, ears; and our country swains, like their forefathers, go bare-breasted to their middles. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Promptly and truly the swain echoed his sweetheart's call; softly it floated down to us—down from the imaginary pasture and across the imaginary valley. From a Cornish Window A New Edition A swain touched then his lute, or whatever you may call it, to his Dulcinea. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive Edith was entirely disguised as a jester and enjoyed her own quips immensely when she tapped a visitor on the shoulder with her bauble and said, "Good morrow, fair maid, art looking for a swain?" Molly Brown's Senior Days He 'would show the world that he was no love-sick, despairing swain; and Miss Sherwood's vanity should never be gratified by the display of the wounds her falsehood had inflicted. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 From some melodious swain came a freakish fiddling, which leaped and danced like mad, now here, now there, like an audible will-o'-the-wisp. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 I suspected that he had been one of the smitten swains himself. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 No power have I the love to gain Of noble, citizen, and swain. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The body of a wretched swain, Killed by a cruel maid's disdain, In this cold bed neglected lies. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote A harvest scene, a vineyard on the Rhine; Arbors, and wreathéd pales, and laughing swains Pouring their crowded baskets into wains, And vats, and trodden presses gushing wine. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 But if the swain persisted, there was little chance of his being ultimately refused. The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories Gaston however draws his sword and menaces Don Pinto, upon which the poor swain cries for mercy and is thereafter removed from the hall amidst the laughter of the whole chorus. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Rich stores of milk delight the swain, And hearts are cheered that longed for gain, Proud kings whose breasts for conquests glow Lead bannered troops to smite the foe. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Her own swain was waiting for her, but not for that would she abjure the quest. Country Neighbors One wretched swain tells us that he finds it to be '——a dizziness, That will not let an honest man go about his business.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Swain may go back to the father of Canute, or to some hoary-headed swain who, possibly, tended the swine. The Romance of Names Yet foul indignity he had endured Ev’n there, at his own farm, but that the swain, 40 Following his dogs in haste, sprang through the porch To his assistance, letting fall the hide. The Odyssey of Homer In kingless lands no wealthy swain Who keeps the herd and reaps the grain, Lies sleeping, blest with ample store, Securely near his open door. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The speakers of Mantuan carried their disquisitions beyond the country, to censure the corruptions of the church; and from him Spenser learned to employ his swains on topicks of controversy. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Crass and gross-witted has the world grown!" said she; "a Greek swain would have needed but few words to divine his bliss. The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance The marriage of a daughter with an unwelcome swain was also often prohibited by will, "not to suffer her to be circumvented and cast away upon a swaggering gentleman." Customs and Fashions in Old New England And now the swains arrived, Driving their charge, which fast they soon enclosed Within their customary penns, and loud The hubbub was of swine prison’d within. The Odyssey of Homer His human nature is of the kind that makes the nymphs and swains of Alexander Pope dull and artificial. Confessions of a Book-Lover Surely no blame can fall upon the nymph who rejected a swain of so little meaning. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II O, she melted the hearts Of the swains in them parts; So lovely the Widow Malone, O hone! The Book of Humorous Verse Richard Taylor so sued, and for such cause, Ruth Whieldon's father in Plymouth in 1661; while another ungallant swain is said to have sued the maid's father for the loss of time spent in courting. Customs and Fashions in Old New England And now, Ulysses, with the swain his friend Approach’d, when, hearing the harmonious lyre, Both stood, for Phemius had begun his song. The Odyssey of Homer The poor swain was now as rich, and again sued for his beloved, whom he obtained. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 The verses went on to relate that the girl, finding her shepherd dilatory, turned her attention to another swain, and at last she flouts the shepherd. Mistress Anne Oh, happy, happy is the swain The ladies so adore; For many followed in his train Whene'er he walked before. The Book of Humorous Verse Repair me with thy presence, Silvia; Thou gentle nymph, cherish thy forlorn swain! Two Gentlemen of Verona The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Meantime, descending from the city-gates, Ulysses, by his son and by his swains Follow’d, arrived at the delightful farm Which old Laertes had with strenuous toil 250 Himself long since acquired. The Odyssey of Homer Fled your interest in swains; Nothing for my sighs you care; All your joy is little trains, Oddly dubbed "chemin de fer." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914 Miss Guinevere Platt Was so beautiful that She couldn’t remember the day When one of her swains Hadn’t taken the pains To send her a mammoth bouquet. Grimm Tales Made Gay "Oh, had but my swain been a quarter as true!" The Book of Humorous Verse How could a wobbly-braided swain Vie with the actual Royal Navy, Whose stripes were half as broad again And straight, not wavy? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 3, 1916 The airy stations are lined by girls in light summer dresses, attended by their swains. Pipefuls However, dear Chloe, you're sweet; 'tis fair weather; So, Corydon, let's sing her praises—together— They sing:— Her charms—since she possessed the Vote— Are things on which the swains all dote. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 1, 1893 How the maid's bosom glows, While her swain 's telling The love, that 's been long, she knows, In his heart swelling! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century O Nanny, canst thou love so true, Through perils keen with me to go, Or when thy swain mishap shall rue, To share with him the pang of woe? English Songs and Ballads Malign fate would have it that, as he stood at the rail, brooding over this unsurmountable complication, Little Miss Grouch should appear, radiant, glorious of hue, and attended by the galaxy of swains. Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage Even as the tranced swain, the book-lover yearns to tell others of his bliss. Pipefuls Ye woods, whence fond fancy a spirit would bring, That trimm'd the bright pinions of thought's hallow'd wing, Your beauties will gladden some happier swain; Farewell! for I never may see you again. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century And ne'er was Highland welcome More hearty than thy greeting, Each day, the rein, and courteous swain, Thy pleasure will be meeting. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century O 'tis he the comely swain I slew Upon the duleful Braes of Yarrow. English Songs and Ballads The swain is higher than a king: Before the laws of nature, The monarch were a useless thing, The swain a useless creature. The Liberty Minstrel And let the russet swains the plough And harrow hang up resting now; And to the bagpipe all address Till sleep takes place of weariness. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries But as the swain amazèd stood, In this most solemn vein, Came Phyllida forth of the wood, And stood before the swain. Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) Blest be the hour of night, When, his toils over, The swain, with a heart so light, Meets with his lover! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century WHO is Sylvia? what is she, That all our swains commend her? English Songs and Ballads "Who is to be the happy swain?" asked Mrs. Green. Kept in the Dark For answer the gentle swain took her by the elbows and propelled her into the shop, and approaching the counter gazed disagreeably at the shopman. Salthaven Am I the swain That late from sorrow free Did all the cares on earth disdain? Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) She was in a mood to make her swains unhappy; and she liked Trennahan's face, and what she saw there. The Californians There were also one or two hapless swains who said nothing, but what they did and looked was in itself unequivocal. The Young Fur Traders "How's Miss Cowper?" mercilessly pursued Dawn, going to the point about which she was curious, as is characteristic of swains and maids of her degree. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn It was forbidden to reveal names, so each kept the identity of her favored swain locked in her breast. The Princess of the School Thou that art the shepherds' queen, Look upon thy silly swain; By thy comfort have been seen Dead men brought to life again. Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) Bernard's proposal should be carried in the pocket of all future swains. The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan Besides, you'll find, that their couples were never married:—but yonder I see my Corydon, and a sweet swain it is, Heaven knows! The Beaux-Stratagem A doctor too, the Locman of his day, a sage, with that monkey's face, with that goat's beard, with that humped back, to be playing the lover, the swain! The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan |
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