They buried his blessed body Where lake and greensward meet; A carven cross above his head, A holly-bush at his feet; Where spreads the beautiful water To gay or cloudy skies, And the purple peaks of Killarney From ancient woods arise.
You will like him, I think, and there is fine greensward around him where we can sit awhile.
The graves of the generals of the order are alone marked by stone crosses; all others lie beneath the greensward unmarked, unnamed.
And by-and-by she stepped on to the brightestgreensward that could be, full of blue and white violets.
Then there came a pounding of hoofs on greensward behind them.
Their lofty walls, over which English ivy crept and roses bloomed, shut from the narrow streets of the old town stretches of soft greensward and shady walks.
They bore him over the greensward to the Capitol steps, and there the hearse stopped.
Not very near the guns, but asleep on the grass, or propped against trees smoking excellent tobacco, or in the square on the greensward playing cards with laughter!
XC Quitting the fount, they follow, where they view New prints upon the forest greensward made: By much Baiardo distances the two, Whose tardy feet their wishes ill obeyed.
Casanova, standing in the darkness, could see that the Marchesa was leading Lorenzi away from the open greensward into the greater darkness under the trees.
Aware of the possibility that someone in the house might already be awake and might spy him from a window, he avoided the greensward and sought cover in the shaded alley.
He saw nothing but the wide greensward where the children were playing.
Across the greensward he could now discern house and tower.
Upon a bench at the edge of the greensward Olivo was sitting beside Amalia, his arm round her waist.
Meanwhile upon the greensward the maidservant was laying the table for supper.
This had just happened while she was lying on the greensward gazing up into the sky.
She nodded a farewell, and moved briskly across the greensward to the house.
He had moved to the window, and was looking down upon the breakfast table which had been set on the greensward in the shade of the house.
The others wandered about the greensward and along the alleys.
Marcolina, who led the way, ran across the sunlit greensward to join the children in their game of battledore and shuttlecock.
The blazing fire threw a warm light and colour of its own upon the dark walls and on the various groups collected within them, and touched mosses and ferns and greensward with its gypsy glare.
There were glimpses of a tall, alert figure, passing leisurely in and out among the trees and the ruins; finally coming out into full view and walking with brisk step over the greensward till he was out of sight.
Founts gushed beside my pilgrim way, Cool shadows on the greensward lay, Flowers swung upon the bending spray.
The greensward between the canal and river was inviting, and the 'survivors' laid there awhile to rest and determine whether or not they would push on to the city.
He found the famous lord of the tribes in his large wigwam, with his wives around him, and his vigilant guard of warriors grouped on the greensward outside, where the Indian lodges stretched in a considerable village along the stream.
She felt as if she could not endure the leer of the fox one minute longer, and catching a glimpse of the pleasantgreensward through the great door, which stood open, she darted out.
Suddenly it ceased to chime, and the thronging groups on the greensward moved quietly in at the open doors of the kirk.
The freemen came together at their own will to sit in the council ring on the greenswardbeneath the trees.
Rachel and the two boys were proceeding over the greensward leading down the road.
In her despair she raced over the greensward and plunged into the Wistaria arbor--to stand face to face with Clem!
Houses are seen looking out from among old trees, and children playing on the greensward that slopes safely into deep water, where in rushy havens are drawn up the boats of fishermen, or of woodcutters who go to their work on the mainland.
We had no idea the circle of greensward in front of the Tent was so spacious.
They are all at sixes and sevens upon the greensward at the edge of the heather.
The flower-bier stirred; for the spot on which it lay sank slowly down, and in a few moments the greensward was smooth as ever--the very dews glittering above the buried Fairy.
And while Eudena would sit, a silent figure of watchfulness, regarding the burrows, Ugh-lomi's eyes were ever away across the greensward at those wonderful grazing strangers.
The country develops into undulating, grassy upland prairie, the greensward being thickly spangled with yellow flowers.
The grim walla of the city extend for nearly a mile along the undulating bank of the Kan-kiang, with a narrow strip of greensward between the solid gray battlements and the blue, wind-rippled waters of the river.
The greensward around me as I recline in the shade is teeming with busy insects, and the trees are swarming with the beautiful winged life of the tropical air.
We camp for lunch on velvety greensward beneath a grove of oak and cherry trees.
The lofty heights, so abrupt and uncultivated, where formerly the feet of the mountaineers could scarcely descend, were covered with a greensward and planted with shrubs and flowers.
What homes have we for “elves and little people,” that dance for years, yes for centuries, on the same greensward in the Highlands of Scotland?
He reclined on the greenswardnear the edge of a precipitous descent.
They then threw themselves down on a patch of greensward near-by.
Two mighty bounds brought him to his side, and ere Francesco knew what was happening, he found himself dragged over the greensward and stood pale and trembling before the assembled company.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "greensward" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: field; lawn; park; sod; turf
