Read full poem →Sweating he walks, while loads of golden grain
O'ercharge the shoulders of the seeming swain:
Oft o'er his back a crooked scythe is laid,
Dictionary Entry
A young man or boy in service; a servant.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. swaincounty swainet swainswain youngswain wardswain john
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Poetry examples for “swain”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And the same hand that sow'd, shall reap the field;
The swain in barren deserts with surprise
See lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise;
On a Fan of the Author's Design, in Which Was Painted the Story of Cephalus and Procris, With the Motto, 'aura Veni.'byAlexander Pope
Read full poem →'Come, gentle Air!' the fairer Delia cries,
While at her feet her swain expiring lies.
Lo! the glad gales o'er all her beauties stray,
Read full poem →near the hour when that prince of simplicity, my sweet
swain, the tobacconist, is to be here ? *
Read full poem →Dost punish[208] me because years make him wane?
I did not bid thee wed an agËd swain.
The moon sleeps with Endymion every day;
Read full poem →And, asked who thee forth did bring,
A shepheard's swain, say, did thee sing,
All as his straying flock he fed:
Read full poem →And manfully thereat shot:
With that sprang forth a naked swain;
With spotted wings like peacock's train,
Read full poem →Farewell, ungrateful traitor!
Farewell, my perjur'd swain!
Let never injur'd woman
Read full poem →And moody crows beside the road forbear
To fly, though pelted by the passing swain;
Thus day seems turned to night, and tries to wake in vain.
Read full poem →From cottage door, farm-yard and dusty lane,
Where home the cart-house tolters with the swain.
Or padded holm, where village boys resort,