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Definition of Swains
1. swain [n] - See also: swain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swains
Literary usage of Swains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"Great was the strife betwixt the singing lambs, And drain the strutting udders
of their swains; And I preferr'd my pleasure to my gains. ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to by James Boswell (1884)
"Parnell, in his ' Hermit,' has the following passage :— ' To clear this doubt,
to know the world by sight, To find if books and swains report it right (For ..."
3. A List of the Genera of Birds: With Their Synonyma and an Indication of the by George Robert Gray (1841)
"AMMODRAMUS, swains. (1827). Oriolus, Gm. Fringilla, Wils. Passerina, Vieill. ...
C. melanotis, (swains.) GR Gray. swains. 2 Cent. and a Quart., p. 314. fig. ..."
4. English Lyrics: Chaucer to Poe, 1340-1809 by William Ernest Henley (1897)
"Come, shepherd swains, come, nymphs, and all a-row To help me cry ; Dead is my
Love, and, seeing She is so, Lo, now I die ! 152 SISTER, AWAKE SISTER, ..."
5. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a Tour to by James Boswell (1884)
"Parnell, in his ' Hermit,' has the following passage :— ' To clear this doubt,
to know the world by sight, To find if books and swains report it right (For ..."
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