You know no other daisies ( marguerites ) than those which your April
greensward gives your cows to browse upon; while I, a poet, am hooted, and shiver, and owe twelve sous, and the soles of my shoes are so transparent, that they might serve as glasses for your lantern!
But he saw nothing outside--within he saw a patch of
greensward surrounded by a matted mass of gorgeous tropical plants and flowers, and, above, the waving foliage of mighty trees, and, over all, the blue of an equatorial sky.
By the dim light of the new moon, however, Glinda's forces silently surrounded the city and pitched their tents of scarlet silk upon the
greensward. The tent of the Sorceress was larger than the others, and was composed of pure white silk, with scarlet banners flying above it.
There were lovely patches of
greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.
"That is almost more than I can bear!" exclaimed Miss Maxwell, sitting down on a bench and stabbing the
greensward with her parasol.
"I am not dressed yet, Marguerite; but if you wish that we should talk together, we can, without going to the woods of Vincennes, find in my own garden here, beautiful trees, shady groves, a
greensward covered with daisies and violets, the perfume of which can be perceived from where we are sitting."
Then Joe took the viands from the oven, spread the savory mess upon green leaves, and arranged his dinner upon a magnificent patch of
greensward. He finally brought out some biscuit, some coffee, and some cognac, and got a can of pure, fresh water from a neighboring streamlet.
The grass, too, was less flowering, though there were still gorgeous patches mottling the
greensward; and lastly, the fauna was less multitudinous.
Then he chose the stoutest bow among them all, next to Robin's own, and a straight gray goose shaft, well-feathered and smooth, and stepping to the mark--while all the band, sitting or lying upon the
greensward, watched to see him shoot--he drew the arrow to his cheek and loosed the shaft right deftly, sending it so straight down the path that it clove the mark in the very center.
It had a small park, with a fine old oak here and there, and an avenue of limes towards the southwest front, with a sunk fence between park and pleasure-ground, so that from the drawing-room windows the glance swept uninterruptedly along a slope of
greensward till the limes ended in a level of corn and pastures, which often seemed to melt into a lake under the setting sun.
How long he lay there unconscious he never knew; but as reason slowly reasserted itself in his semi-conscious state he was aware that he lay in a cool bed upon the whitest of linen in a bright and cheery room, and that upon one side close to him was an open window, the delicate hangings of which were fluttering in a soft summer breeze which blew in from a sun-kissed orchard of ripening fruit which he could see without--an old orchard in which soft, green grass grew between the laden trees, and where the sun filtered through the foliage; and upon the dappled
greensward a little child was playing with a frolicsome puppy.
greensward - surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots