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.
The existence of a satyr, in the silvan form, is even pretended to be proved by the evidence of Saint Anthony, to whom one is said to have appeared in the desert.
The silvan Gods in wild alarm Marked his huge teeth and ponderous arm, And from that Death-like presence fled, Of mountain size and towering head.
And various birds that roam the skies, And silvan creatures, met their eyes, As through the wood the chieftains sped, And followed where Sugríva led.
The silvan deities had fled The spot where all the light was dead, Where hermit coats of skin displayed, And piles of sacred grass were laid.
That hoary hermit, world-renowned For holy deeds, within this ground Has set his pure and blessed home, Where gentle silvan creatures roam.
Let this fair hill Ayodhyá seem, Its silvan things her people deem, And let these waters as they flow Our own beloved Sarjú show.
Or does some mighty beast of prey Frighten the silvan herds away?
We take the silvan tribes beset With snare and trap and gin and net, And many a heedless deer we smite From thickest shade, concealed from sight.
Besides, he understood the youth was a second Sir Tristrem insilvan sports by wood and river, and there needed no more to fetter Raoul's soul to him with bands of steel.
Around the walls hung a part of his armour and weapons, with hawking gloves, hunting-poles, and other instruments of silvan sport.
This differs from thesilvan mushroom in its paler color, in having the cap more minutely, persistently and regularly scaly, and in its being destitute of a prominent center.
In the silvan mushroom the scales, when present, are few, and they disappear with age.
Contented with Diana year by year, She loves her silvan weapon, free and fain To live a maiden-huntress, pure of stain.
What clue Shall trace the mazes of this silvan snare, The tangled path unravelling?
Green conquerors from overhead Bestrode the bodies of their dead; The Caesars of the silvan field, Unused to fail, foredoomed to yield: For in the groins of branches, lo!
The silvan element, which had been variously present since Tasso styled his play favola boschereccia, was used by Jonson to admirable purpose in the introduction of Robin Hood and his crew.
In addition to the text, translations of the poems were furnished by Dr Silvan Evans and the Rev.
To this process, within reasonable limits, those who value the silvan greenery of England would be unreasonable to object.
The keepers of fat lambkins chant their loves To silvan reeds, all in the grassy lea, And pleasure Him who tends the flocks and groves Of dark-leaved Arcady.
Now, Varus, I- For lack there will not who would laud thy deeds, And treat of dolorous wars- will rather tune To the slim oaten reed my silvan lay.
There you with me In silvan strains will learn to rival Pan.
Yet the borders of this wild and silvan region, where the mountains descended upon the lake, intimated, even at that early period, many traces of human habitation.
The Highlanders, well known for ready hatchet men, had constructed a long arbour or silvan banqueting room, capable of receiving two hundred men, while a number of smaller huts around seemed intended for sleeping apartments.
Within this silvan palace the most important personages present were invited to hold high festival.
Verily, the wide world round, a more splendid and enchanting silvan panorama cannot be found.
And, between two yeomen, was brought before the silvan throne of the outlaw Chief, our old friend, Prior Aymer of Jorvaulx.
They had scarce departed, ere a sudden procession moved from under the greenwood branches, swept slowly round the silvan amphitheatre, and took the same direction with Rowena and her followers.
To the best archer a prize was to be awarded, being a bugle-horn, mounted with silver, and a silken baldric richly ornamented with a medallion of St Hubert, the patron of silvan sport.
Here Locksley assumed his seat--a throne of turf erected under the twisted branches of the huge oak, and the silvan followers were gathered around him.
Nor was he less surprised to see Richard surrounded by so many silvan attendants, the outlaws, as they seemed to be, of the forest, and a perilous retinue therefore for a prince.
Beneath a huge oak-tree the silvan repast was hastily prepared for the King of England, surrounded by men outlaws to his government, but who now formed his court and his guard.
The diminished list of competitors for silvan fame still amounted to eight.
Around, and at a distance from them, were seen many a bold yeoman, whose silvan dress and weatherbeaten countenances showed the ordinary nature of their occupation.
One need not be a practical sportsman in order to enjoy, with keen zest, the racy descriptions of silvan life which flow so charmingly from the practiced pen of this accomplished "Forester.
This tyrant of the Scottish throne, So faithless, and so ruthless known, 630 Now hither comes; his end the same, The same pretext of silvan game.
High place to thee in royal court, High place in battle line, 20 Good hawk and hound for silvan sport, Where beauty sees the brave resort; The honored meed be thine!
After a short parley, however, she carries him to a woody island, where she leads him into a sort of silvan mansion, rudely constructed, and hung round with trophies of war and the chase.
The richness of her dress, however, as well as the mettle and form of her palfrey, together with the silvan compliment paid to her by the huntsman, pointed her out to Bucklaw as the principal person in the field.
Ere two years old, she, whose dream is now with us, all over the small silvan world, that beheld the revelation, how evanescent!
Silvan deities of Greek mythology, with head and body of a man and legs of a goat.
This tyrant of the Scottish throne, So faithless and so ruthless known, Now hither comes; his end the same, The same pretext of silvan game.
Spring, In splendour decked anew, Down from her heaven of blue Returns on sunlit wing: The zephyrs of her train In fleecy clouds disport, And birds to greet her reign Summon their silvan court.
And as he stooped to pluck a daisy, he added, "who the calm votary of the silvan deities beholds with unenvious eye the consular pomp and the glittering diadem.
Western Pennsylvania, with its Juniata, and its heavy-forested mountains, has no rival in the world of silvan beauty.
The volume is composed of studies in natural history, narratives of remarkable incidents, pictures of silvan scenery, and sketches of the biography of celebrated pioneers and woodsmen.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "silvan" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
