Dictionary Entry
Black or dark dyestuff; something of a certain swart; something of a certain ocker.
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Poetry examples for “swart”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Songs of triumph, and ascriptions,
Such as reached the swart Egyptians,
When upon the Red Sea coast
Read full poem →Blissfully haven'd both from joy and pain; 240
Clasp'd like a missal where swart Paynims pray;
Blinded alike from sunshine and from rain,
Read full poem →Composed of air and light,
And of the swart earth-might.
So little to thy poet's prayer
Read full poem →Sweet is death forevermore.
Nor haughty hope, nor swart chagrin,
Nor murdering hate, can enter in.
Read full poem →And dost him grace when clouds do blot the heaven:
So flatter I the swart-complexion'd night,
When sparkling stars twire not thou gild'st the even.