silvan
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This tyrant of the Scottish throne, 630 So faithless, and so ruthless known, Now hither comes; his end the same, The same pretext of silvan game.
From Lady of the Lake by William Vaughn Moody
I cannot let the tiny angel perish in the silvan gloom.
From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Gordon Stables
On silvan Gods who love the dell A sudden fear and trembling fell, As in the deepest woe they viewed The lady by the fiend subdued.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
This relic of antiquity was discovered near Roxburgh Castle, and a vicinity more delightfully appropriate to the abode of the silvan deities can hardly be found.
From Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Sir Walter Scott
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 Robert Louis Stevenson
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