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It was at present a place perfectly accordant with man's nature neither ghastly, hateful, nor ugly; neither commonplace, unmeaning, nor tame; but, like man, slighted and enduring; and withal singularly colossal and mysterious in its swarthy monotony. As with some persons who have long lived apart, solitude seemed to look out of its countenance. It had a lonely face, suggesting tragical possibilities.
Thomas Hardy
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Some full-breasted swan That, fluting a wild carol ere her death, Ruffles her pure cold plume, and takes the flood With swarthy webs.

Alfred Tennyson

— Passing of Arthur.

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The flaming rose gloomed swarthy red; The borage gleams more blue; And low white flowers, with starry head, Glimmer the rich dusk through.

George MacDonald

— George MacDonald, Songs of the Summer Night, Part in.

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Despise me not, For if I was swarthy once. Thou canst regard me now:;; Since Thou hast regarded me, Grace and beauty hast Thou given me.


— Fr. John of the Cross, in The Complete Works of Saint John of the Goss of the Ordor of Our Lady of ..., quoted by Joan de la Creu p.175

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Like some full-breasted swan That, fluting a wild carol ere her death, Ruffles her pure cold plume, and takes the flood With swarthy webs.

Tennyson

— 1869  Idylls of the King,'The Passing of Arthur', l.434-7.

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