| 单词 | sweet grass |
| 例句 | Texas Red Oaks lined our road and dappled the hills, and the summer trill of bugs and sweet grass filled the air. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z There was a river nearby, where she could draw water, and the family’s cattle enjoyed the sweet grass which grew by the riverside. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z In the pasture half a dozen horses nibbled contentedly at the sweet grass. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z And suddenly, Turner thought he could smell sweet grass. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z There were maples and oaks to the west, and a hemlock forest to the right that pulled me right across the sweet grasses, into it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly due west the broad swath of the marching Orcs tramped its ugly slot; the sweet grass of Rohan had been bruised and blackened as they passed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The girls unhitched the mules, and sent them down along the eddying stream to crop sweet grass. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "He wants to be here in the sweet grass with us." Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z I spotted Hamlet and Horatio reclining in the shade of a great bush, while their horses grazed on sweet grass nearby. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Depending on your preference, refreshment comes from Colorado craft breweries such as Upslope and Vail Brewing Co, or cannabis goods like “sweet grass cookies” and “stoned cold drinks”. Frozen Dead Guy Days: Colorado’s weirdest festival 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z In the east, the sky glowed orange and crimson, and the light illuminated a sea of saltbushes, sweet grass and wind-rippled dunes. In Dubai, Flying With the Falcons 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z What keeps the scent from becoming cloying is a generous base of hay, which smells like salted butter and sweet grass. This Summer, Smell Like Fruit Salad 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z “But burning sage and sweet grass has become a fad and has been culturally misappropriated,” he added, and those substances “are sacred to us.” Mo Brings Plenty Was About to Quit Acting. Then Came ‘Yellowstone.’ 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z When complete, this garden will include a woodland, a pond and a prairie, three ecosystems that traditionally were managed for harvesting berries, woodland herbs, cedar, sweet grass, skunk cabbage and other culturally significant plants. New gardens at Heronswood will showcase tribal culture and teach its history 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z They brought in Native American healing practices, such as talking circles, where students would get to share their feelings and frustrations; traditional medicines like sweet grass and sage; drumming and singing. After fatal shooting in school, Seattle searches for answers to gun violence 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The move required closing hallways, pausing construction projects and turning off smoke detectors so that the burning of sage or sweet grass would not trigger an alarm. Congress Told Colleges to Return Native Remains. What’s Taking So Long? 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z An eagle feather, a blessed drum, a smoking pipe, a rattle, braided sweet grass, sage, cedar and tobacco to be used for smudging and a turquoise stone. Dark Cloud: The last known Chippewa 'Sixties Scoop' survivor 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Before each session the sisters sit together in their hotel room, burning sage and sweet grass. SUNDAYS AFTER: Sisters bonded, and broken, in wake of abuse 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z At the end, negative energy is chased away through burning sage, sweet grass or local wood. Spas are seeing more men, a less-is-more approach for guests 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Halpern persisted, coming to meetings bearing gifts of sweet grass and flat cedar, aromatic herbs prized by Indians. "I was trying to show I took the trouble to learn something about their culture." Tripping on Peyote in Navajo Nation 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z The river maintains the deer, the fish, the native plants, sweet grasses and sacred sage. Life on the Keystone XL route: where opponents fear the ‘black snake’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z This year’s Jubilee features live music, stand-up comedy, historic storytelling and artist demonstrations of broom and sweet grass basket making. Historic Columbia’s annual jubilee honors black history 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z Krystkowiak calls it sweet grass, but it is actually a blend of four sacred plants — sweet grass, cedar, tobacco and sage — from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, near where Krystkowiak was raised. Utah’s Season Is So Sweet, Even the Lockers Smell Nice 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Forty minutes after my 16 ounces of “Give Me Greens” juice, which tasted like sweet grass, I was ravenous. How High-End Juices Extract Money From Consumers 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z A student lighted some blades of sweet grass and gently waved the smoke on each student with an eagle feather. Professor, Ex-Addict, Confronts Perils American Indians Face 2013-05-11T17:16:49Z Felicity Beil, a sister, remembers a lesson about how a patch of sweet grass on the house’s south side was most likely transported there by American Indians. A Lab, a Home, a Memory 2012-08-04T15:47:06Z Behind the altar, the four major medicine plants — cedar, tobacco, sage and sweet grass — are represented, along with crosses and a portrait of Kateri in prayer. Complex Emotions as Kateri Tekakwitha Is Named a Saint 2012-07-25T01:43:37Z The men obeyed, but all in vain: the sweet grass that seemed to spring up out of the earth offering its tender sprigs to our sheep, withered immediately they were gone on their way. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z The animals went willingly enough, though they stopped every now and then for a mouthful of the sweet grass that grew quite luxuriantly on the slopes of the fertile valley. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z "Come, Cade, old friend, sit you here in the sweet grass and you and I will wager straws on the jockeys' colours yonder, while our young gentleman here lightly goes a-courting!" Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The scent of the sweet grasses, mingled with the aromatic odor of the pine, filled the room with a dreamy fragrance that seemed like a charm to lure down the Sleep Manitou. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z He called his horse, which had begun to graze on the short sweet grass that clothed the gentle slopes above the terrace, and set off on the road he had chosen. The Bushranger's Secret 2012-02-09T03:00:14.847Z Hemp, which is imported from the Philippine Islands, may be used as a foundation for raffia and sweet grass baskets. Practical Basketry 2012-01-28T03:00:23.977Z Farms were gnawed away; corn and sweet grass departed from the face of the hills; cattle grew lean, unable to eat the defiled herbage. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Say, it might save your boys a journey if we took your stock along with us and gave them a chance before this draft cleans all the sweet grass up. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z At the same time, the farmer, if he does not, ought to know that large quantities of saccharine matter are extracted from clover and sweet grasses by the bees. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z "Men seek for stray cattle in the fields of sweet grass, look for lost jewels in the wallets of thieves, and missing Herods in the company of beautiful women," he observed. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Where the sheep range, the wild timothy, for example—a dwarf variety and an excellent, sweet grass—has almost disappeared, although formerly it grew in abundance. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z Late at night we lay round it, and watched our cattle enjoying the sweet grass, for we felt a reluctance to fetch them in and tie them up. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z There was sweet grass in the hollow, so the cattle halted too, and for a space we sat silent, looking at one another. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z The lambs gambolled in the genial sunshine over the daisies; the ewes, arrived at the age of common sense, fed steadily on the young sweet grass, and did not notice the flowers. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Nothing was there now but the sheep and the gorse and the short, sweet grass of the Downs. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z He kept up a weird, high-pitched chant, and tossed small handfuls of dried sweet grass into the flames. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z Her cheeks were like apple blossoms and her gown was made of sweet grasses and green leaves. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z Right at the foot the green was bright, but less bright than the tall sweet grass. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z The sheep crept along the steep coombe-side cropping the short sweet grass; the shepherd sat on the edge and cut his own and his sweetheart’s name in the turf. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Pretty soon I am going to burn some sweet grass, and sing the Medicine Songs. Three Sioux Scouts 2011-05-27T02:00:18.760Z "You can work sweet grass just so, except that you can wrap that with a piece of itself." Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z Baskets and sweet grass were the stock in trade of these Indians, and some of the baskets were of odd designs and really artistic shapes. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z She followed the line of the hills at the edge of the wide plain of sweet grass. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Calm graves, lapped in sweet grasses, cool and deep, Where soft winds sing and whisper through all hours: O starry flowers, for me Love’s vigil keep, With scent and shadow and sweet-dropping flowers. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Then he rose, and tossed a handful of sweet grass upon the fire. Three Sioux Scouts 2011-05-27T02:00:18.760Z If we should find any sweet grass on our walks while here, we must be sure and gather it, as it is what is needed to sew up the seams of birch bark. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z Here is soft, sweet grass, and never a sign of nettle, or rank, evil weed. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z The salty nature of the soil, the sweet grass, and the dry atmosphere of the karroo plains are very favorable to the health of these birds. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z There is an island in the middle of the Ganges, and on that island there is a large quantity of good sweet grass. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z He was tossing handfuls of dried sweet grass upon the embers, and droning a medicine song. Spotted Deer 2011-01-25T03:00:24.283Z They went across the fields, between clover tops and sweet grasses, and flowers with pleasant faces; they marched, and then forgot to march. Some Little People We had come to a fair land, well watered with flowing streams, and waving with sweet grass. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story Beyond the fringe of bush which yet masks them they can hear the great beasts grunting, wallowing, splashing, nay, even hear them plucking the sweet grass that margins the lagoon. Tales of South Africa The cattle were soon found, as they had only strayed some few miles, attracted by sweet grass. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa They watched with solemn interest while he continued to toss sweet grass upon the fire and chant the medicine song. Spotted Deer 2011-01-25T03:00:24.283Z A campfire blazed in front of the two tents, and some distance away four bronchos fed noisily on the sweet grass of the valley. Boy Scouts on the Great Divide or, The Ending of the Trail She shook her head restively, impatient for the breakfast of sweet grass, and he leaped back suddenly, frightened as badly of her as Aunt Hannah had been of Snip. Aunt Hannah and Seth It would be covered with sweet grass, and with herds of buffalo and ponies. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women Then the horse was looked after for the last time, and found to be lying down, well satisfied with the feed of oats and sweet grass that had made up his supper. Jack Winters' Campmates Great masses of dry, sweet grass, often changed, must be harvested and brought to the entrance of the cavern, for bedding. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 What is the secret of your life, browsing ox, Ox the sweet grass eating? The Fairy Changeling and Other Poems Girths were loosened, and the horses were at work cropping the sweet grass near the water’s edge. Out on the Pampas Or, The Young Settlers He said he’d run into Jim Thorpe’s stock, tucked away in as nice a hollow of sweet grass as you’d find this side of Kentucky. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country He could move around within a certain radius, and nip the sweet grass, as well as dream of how close he had been to the greatest banquet of his natural life. Jack Winters' Campmates The horse hobbled about in that eager equine fashion when in the midst of a generous feed of sweet grass. The Law-Breakers But the old sorrel, pleasantly occupied in cropping at the short, sweet grass behind the well, had neither explanation nor sympathy to offer. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories It was not time to feed, but he removed their bits and let them nip up the bunches of sweet grass about their feet. The Twins of Suffering Creek Said Mr. Mouse,—“I know a place Where nice sweet grass is growing; Where corn-flowers blue, and buttercups And poppies red, are blowing.” Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad During three months previously to calving, if in the spring, they should be turned into sweet grass; or if it happen in the winter, they ought to be well fed with the best hay. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families They are like a boulevard amid glorious, rolling hills luxuriant with long, sweet grass. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Then came the range of Plimsoll's Waterline, a rough country, unknown to Sandy, with scant food for many cattle, but sweet grass enough for a horse herd and containing pockets where the slicktails sometimes came. Rimrock Trail Lucy Forrester went gaily across the open ground, fearless of any danger from horned cattle, of which there were several feeding on the short sweet grass. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney "Just beyond he dig in the snow for bunches of the sweet grass that grow here in summer and that keep alive under the snow." The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain As she ran she caught up here and there great tufts of sweet grass, such as had been neglected by the mowers, but were dear to donkey appetites. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life I have enough luncheon for us both in this basket,” and Amanda held up a pretty basket woven of sweet grass. A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony The other lambs were content to nip the sweet grass, and frisk in the sun; but the princess remembered something better, for her soul did not sleep. Fairy Book She sung of the quiet churchyard, where the white roses grow, where the elder-tree wafts its perfume on the breeze, and the fresh, sweet grass is moistened by the mourners' tears. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen From under the boys' feet rose the fragrance of sweet grass and pennyroyal. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good The smell of clover and sweet grass came to her open window. Clematis "Yes, and the sweet grass, then I am, but when I think of how dreadfully frightened we were, I'm not." Three Little Cousins They camped that night on a little plateau of sweet grass, and after supper Mary told tales by the fire. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] Herds of deer wandered through its forests; and great flocks of swan and wild geese floated upon its silver streams, feeding upon the sweet grass which then grew in those rivers. In Ancient Albemarle "Don't, ask me," said the goat, chewing with much satisfaction a cud of sweet grasses. Rinkitink in Oz I will eat the sweet grass, I will give her a glass Of my milk for her tea; Moo, moo! that ’s what I’ll do For my dear little maiden of three. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk Four thick braids of sweet grass were found hanging on the door-knob, and, during the day a man delivered a mysterious box slatted across one end. Three Little Cousins It was the sort of sweet grass the hunters call "buffalo-grass," and which is considered splendid food for cattle. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War Uncle Jesse seldom came to our house without bringing us something, even if it were only a bunch of sweet grass. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 In open lawns, in tangled ways, They saw the tall deer stand at gaze, Or marked them free and fearless roam, Fed with sweet grass, their woodland home. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse I saw our cattle feeding on the sweet grass. Viking Tales There's a bit of sweet grass, too, for your horses, so they can get a good feed to-night. "Chinkie's Flat" 1904 A particularly tempting wisp in the long sweet grass under the hedge will induce an instant halt. Mushrooms on the Moor "I favour the smell of sweet grass," he said. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 We found that they needed a certain quantity of alkalies, and they subsisted largely upon the sweet grasses, wherever they could find them. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent And subordinating all else, even the scents and savors of the food, was the perfume of the sweet grass. Joan of Arc of the North Woods His forehead was bound with a wreath of sweet grass, in place of the warrior's frontlet, and he carried a bunch of flowers in his hand. The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends Chewing the cud of this sweet grass of hope squatted Zalu Zako one morning in the dignified solitude of his compound on the threshold of his hut. Witch-Doctors Kind guardian spirits had watched him there, From ages long—long faded, Embalmed with gems and spices rare, And in folds of sweet grass braided. The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians Their direct road to the post was considerably shorter, but after the first day’s journey, no sweet grass nor water was to be found. Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet See, see, Gilbert! yonder is a deer—she just showed her head from behind that thicket on the borders of the forest—there is some sweet grass there probably on which she is browsing. The Settlers A Tale of Virginia In summer the buffalo finds an abundance of food by cropping the sweet grass which springs up after the fires so frequent in one part or other of the prairies. Afar in the Forest Even the oxen and horses seemed perfectly happy, for there was an abundance of short, sweet grass for them to crop, while the little Zulu party seemed happiness itself. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers The birds, gazing intently, have ceased their harsh croaking; the quadrupeds, as if startled by the very silence, forsaking the sweet grass, have tossed their heads aloft, and so hold them. The Lone Ranche Dobbin was still munching the sweet grass as far around him as his rope would permit. The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain So she began to eat the sweet grass by the stream. Sandman's Goodnight Stories On one side a roomy couch raised above the floor, fragrant with newly gathered balsam of fir and sweet grass, and covered with blankets of fine weaves, and skins cured to marvelous softness. A Little Girl in Old Detroit They require, also, a somewhat richer pasture; but will thrive on any good soil, yielding sweet grasses. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings "And I guess she wanted to get some of the long, sweet grass that grows under your cot," went on Mr. Brown. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm A faint scent as of sweet grasses reached them from the shore. The Stowaway Girl "There will be more sweet grass for your feeding when they are gone, Shag," declared Dog-Wolf. The Outcasts She had decorated his head with feathers and called him Chief of Detroit, or she had twined daisy wreaths and sweet grasses about his neck. A Little Girl in Old Detroit Some years ago, when I spent a summer in Maine, I learned from an Indian woman to make baskets of sweet grass. The Story of the Big Front Door On a green hillside a girl lay prone in the sweet grass, very still that she might not, by the slightest quiver, disturb the beauty that was about her. Red-Robin A flock of a thousand sheep were nipping the fresh sweet grass in the valley. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis Shag slipped a cud of sweet grass up his throat with a gurgling cough and chewed it reflectively, for he was of a slow turn of thought, not at all like the nimble-brained Dog-Wolf. The Outcasts They cut the willows and gather sweet grasses for the making of baskets and trays. I Married a Ranger The mushrooms had opened their little shining brown umbrellas, as Lois had said, on the very hearth, and she stooped down to gather them and put them in her basket of sweet grass. John Ward, Preacher So they ate what the golems brought them: sweet grasses, soft berries, frozen winter fruit dug from the base of the orchards in town, blind winter fish from the streams. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Beavers love such streams, with their alder shade and sweet grasses and fringe of wild meadow, better than all other places. Ways of Wood Folk Milk wagons with noisy cans were returning home, herds of black and white Holstein-Friesian cattle, famous for their yield of milk, were cropping sweet grasses in the pastures. The Harris-Ingram Experiment Usually the meadow growth within reach of the seepage from the canals was most luxuriant, and here the flocks of the Israelites had come for sweet grass. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt "I see, my dear, she is eating the sweet grass." Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple She runs to him across the green, sweet grass, and, standing beneath the window, holds out her hands to him. The Hoyden Dismounting, she threw the reins over Cricket's head and allowed him to nibble at the sweet grass. Dorothy Dale's Camping Days She soon, however, found that the short, sweet grasses of the forest glades were much more to her taste than any leaves or stringy twigs. Children of the Wild And so to town— Weaving odd baskets of sweet grass, Lazily and slow, To sell in the arcaded market, Where men sold their fathers not so long ago. Carolina Chansons Legends of the Low Country He was allowed the liberty of the yard, to graze on the young sweet grass of the front lawn, and luxuriate in the shade of the princely trees which grew over it. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest "Take the scrap-basket, Betty," said Lloyd, excitedly pointing to a fancy little basket made of braided sweet grass, and tied with many bows. The Little Colonel's House Party He was a shepherd boy, and all day long he watched the quiet sheep as they ate sweet grass on the hillside. The Beacon Second Reader Or, wait—she liked sweet grass, and on second thought she would keep it. The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man Next Lulu gave the sick squirrel-boy some nice, sweet grass she had gathered on the edge of the pond, and Alice had some lovely sugared sweet-flag root, which is very good in case of sickness. Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble Some way up the gorge, where, at the foot of a smaller waterfall, the river divided and swirled about an island covered with sweet grass—a miniature meadow—her mare grazed at will. Lady Good-for-Nothing Her dress was of ferns and sweet grasses, her moccasins were of white lilies, on her head was a wreath of wild flowers, and in her hands were beautiful blossoms. The Child's World Third Reader As far as the eye could reach the prairie was covered with a multitude of great, dark animals, grazing on the short, sweet grass. The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi In the dry, sweet grass she found a place for a nest, and settled into it, head prone on a heap of scented bay leaves, elbows skyward, and fingers linked across her chin. The Younger Set Down on our tummies, then, we dropped, and crawled slowly forward through the high, sweet grasses. African Camp Fires Here hedges sparkled in a harvest of scarlet cherries; and here sheep and goats nibbled over little, bright tracts of sweet grass. The Red Redmaynes The animals neighed with delight on seeing the fresh sweet grass, and we who had shivered with the bitter cold in the mountain passes rejoiced at the glorious warmth of the sun. For The Admiral Their direct road to the post was considerably shorter, but after the first day's journey, no sweet grass nor water was to be found. Monsieur Violet But at night, when men are asleep, the great beasts come up out of the river and eat the short, sweet grass upon the shore, and look about to see the world a little. The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats in the Air Towards sunset I wandered out in the groves, enjoying the many bright flowers, the tall, sweet grasses, and the cocoa-palms against the sky. African Camp Fires The lady came, her infant boy in her arms, knelt down beside the bed of sweet grass and set the child within the hollow of the African's arm. The Grandissimes We camped at once and took the loads from all the animals that they might feed in comfort on the sweet grass that lay before them. Death Valley in '49 In the country, yon may see flocks of sheep and herds of cows and oxen feeding on the fresh sweet grass of the pastures. Home Geography for Primary Grades There is a wind where the rose was; Cold rain where sweet grass was; And clouds like sheep Stream o'er the steep Grey skies where the lark was. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. Our green dome overhead protected us absolutely from the sun; high sweet grass grew all about us; the breeze wandered lazily up from the distant Indian Ocean. African Camp Fires Other women cast a cooling shadow, in which the sun-scorched pilgrim finds peace—the shadow of a past error, from which spring fragrant ferns and sweet grasses, where tired and bleeding feet may softly tread. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters Now they were in pastures of sweet grass, chewing the cud of content and satisfaction. Death Valley in '49 They were presented in a lovely sweet grass sewing basket, which in turn was wrapped and tied with silver ribbon. Entertaining Made Easy At the conclusion of this song, the woman put another bunch of sweet grass on a coal, and carefully undid the wrappings of the pipe, holding each one over the smoke to keep it pure. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People Wanita, the Yankton chief, had a most magnificent robe of the buffalo, curiously worked with dyed porcupine's quills and sweet grass. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers I was delighted to see turf again, regular greensward of sweet grasses and clover, such as you see in May in the northern states, and do not meet on the coast in the southern states. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America "Don't ask me," said the goat, chewing with much satisfaction a cud of sweet grasses. Rinkitink in Oz Up the hill, but a few rods away, Cully was grazing the Big Gray—the old horse munching tufts of fresh, sweet grass sprinkled with dandelions. Tom Grogan The medicine man had unwrapped his bundle, and had taken out all his things, and again had a fire of coals, on which he burned sweet pine and sweet grass. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People The cattle were on their feet browsing the short, sweet grass, moving slowly toward the river. The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama Before me was the shallow vale with its bracken and sweet grass, and farther on the shining links of the stream, and the loch still grey in the shadow of the beleaguering hills. Prester John O dainty dew, O morning dew That gleamed in the world's first dawn, did you And the sweet grass and manful oaks Give lair and rest To him who toadwise sits and croaks His death-behest? The Poems of Sidney Lanier She covered me over with dry sweet grass and piled dry cedars on top. Old Indian Legends When a big blacksnake darted its head through sweet grass and cattails, and caught a frog that had climbed on a mossy stone in the shade to dine on flies, I let it go. Laddie; a true blue story Philip stood looking at the water, while the long, sweet grasses, thickly sprinkled with blue flag bloom, over which wild bees clambered, swayed around his feet. A Girl of the Limberlost On the brow of this East Hill, just where it begins to sink towards Ecclesbourne Glen, stands a small, old, rickety house in the midst of the sweet grass of the downs. The Vicar's Daughter She was half reclining on the cot, her back raised by pillows stuffed with sweet grass. The Leopard Woman He wore a loin cloth of woven sweet grass. Old Indian Legends They say that these lake maidens love to come up close to the shore, to smell the sweet grass and flowers, which the cows like so much. Welsh Fairy Tales She stepped ashore, and stood ankle-deep in the sweet grass, and looked about her for a while, and saw no shape of man astir. The Water of the Wondrous Isles But you had no need; the short sweet grass sufficed for your slumber, And you took no heed of such trifles as gold or a necklace. India's Love Lyrics We could see through the gathering gloom where our sheep and goats were cropping the sweet grass on the side of the hill. Imaginations and Reveries One by one the buffalo fell upon the sweet grass they were grazing. Old Indian Legends Only the sweet grasses which are good for the cattle are allowed to grow. The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished The cattle walking with bowed heads, eating the sweet grass, the farmhouses with red barns, the pungent smell of the new ground, fired his mind and awoke the sleeping sense of beauty in the boy. Marching Men Then the cool morning breezes swept freely through our dwelling, now and then wafting the perfume of sweet grasses from newly burnt prairie. American Indian stories And of a sudden Beltane fell upon his knees and bowed him low and lower until his burning brow was hid in the cool, sweet grass—for of these passions, fiercest, strongest, wildest, was—despair. Beltane the Smith Just the same, Betty," Bob announced, as he skillfully persuaded the cow to forego the delights of a section of particularly sweet grass and proceed on her course, "I'm about through. Betty Gordon in Washington The oxen, straying through the valley, fattened themselves on the sweet grass until the snow fell; she then slaughtered and flayed the fattest one, and cutting up the carcase, packed it away for winter's use. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" That game lives on moose buds, the soft inner bark of the sugar maple, and the tufts of sweet grass. Colonel Carter of Cartersville Girths were loosened, and the horses were at work cropping the sweet grass near the water's edge. On the Pampas "Benches," or natural terraces, of sweet grass rose along the hillside a half-mile away. The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism The sweet grass was wet with dew as I walked through a meadow in Somerset to the river. The Life of the Fields I sat on the short sweet grass, which springs upon the rich loam of fallen leaves the moment sunlight is admitted into the heart of a bush. Station Amusements in New Zealand The girls were all squatted in the little tepee made from the school-house shutters, and Margaret always chewed clovers and sweet grass. The Girl Scout Pioneers or Winning the First B. C. Large herds of cattle are reared on it; for where the ground is not covered with marshy plants it produces rich, sweet grass. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley There was a permanent scent of sweet grass. Half a Rogue As for the goats, occasionally you come across a black, misanthropic ram, nibbling the scant herbage of some height inaccessible to man, in preference to the sweet grasses of the valley below. Omoo By great good fortune the whole mob was found quietly camping in the sheltered valley full of sweet grass, on its further side. Station Amusements in New Zealand In the starlight the year's first roses breathed out the perfume gathered from the departed sun, and every dewdrop in the short, sweet grass caught in its little self the reflection of heaven's vast glory. The Witch of Prague They halted to rest and bait the beasts in a rocky hollow, sheltered from the blasts of the bise, and green with short, sweet grass, sprung up afresh after the summer drought. Under Two Flags Large trees grew from the crevices of these rocks, and beneath their shade we turned our horses loose to graze upon a soft sweet grass, with which this part of the Park is covered. The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon The sweet grass affords good picking for sheep, and besides the sheep the owner raises deer, which are destined to be chased and shot in the autumn. Their Pilgrimage They two were sitting on the ground, while the pony cropped away at the sweet grass. Jewel And the deer, pursuing happiness on the sweet grasses, raised disquieted noses, as who should say: Poisoners of the fern, defilers of the trails of air! The Patrician And then I would fall asleep there on the soft, sweet grass, with my head snuggled in my arms, and the ants wriggling, unchided, into my ears. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed The korrakan is a sweet grass, growing about two feet high, and so partial are the elephants to this food that they will invade the isolated field even during the daytime. The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon The Old Lady had been listening to it, as she plaited a little basket of sweet grass for Sylvia. Chronicles of Avonlea |
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