silvan
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- silvanity noun
Example Sentences
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Green conquerors from overhead Bestrode the bodies of their dead; The Caesars of the silvan field, Unused to fail, foredoomed to yield: 252 For in the groins of branches, lo!
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
In me thy spouse and servant see, To silvan hall I’ll usher thee; Thy bed shall be the leaves heaped high, Thy organ’s note the cuckoo’s cry.
From The Brother Avenged and Other Ballads by Borrow, George Henry
Tiger, and elephant, and deer, Bull, lion, buffalo, in fear, Soon as thy matchless form they see, With every silvan beast will flee.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
To this process, within reasonable limits, those who value the silvan greenery of England would be unreasonable to object.
From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)
It makes them quit a happy silvan life For contest in the roaring capital.
From My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale by Morley, Henry
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