Read full poem →Now move to war her sable Matadores,
In show like leaders of the swarthy Moors.
Spadillio first, unconquerable lord!
Dictionary Entry
A swarthy person.
Origin
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Common Phrases
complexion swarthyface swarthyman swarthyskin swarthyfaces swarthy. swarthy
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Poetry examples for “swarthy”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →well-managed, persistent persuasion, one of them, a
swarthy, thin-faced, middling type, was carried off.
Read full poem →flies,
And swarthy children in the fields at play,
Look upward laughing at the smiling skies.
Read full poem →Grown lovelier for passing through a storm.
Upon her swarthy neck black shiny curls
Luxuriant fell; and tossing coins in praise,
Read full poem →Be ye forgot.
Terror, thou swarthy Groom of Bride-bliss coy,
Let me not see thee toy.
Read full poem →Be ye forgot.
Terror, thou swarthy Groom of Bride-bliss coy,
Let me not see thee toy.
Read full poem →Here, where the mimic eagle glared in gold,
A midnight vigil holds the swarthy bat!
Here, where the dames of Rome their gilded hair
Read full poem →Edward, painted by Isaac Oliver, which shows a
swarthy countenance, with dark eyes and exceed-
Read full poem →Then baptized they all that region,
Swarthy Lap and fair Norwegian,
Far as swims the salmon, leaping,
Read full poem →And Danger paused to pluck the flowers
That in their swarthy rings were dwelling.
Yes, Poesy is on the wane,