Lexicographical Neighbors of Aswim
Literary usage of Aswim
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1888)
"We quote the sonnet first mentioned: " As there she stood, that sweet Venetian
night, Her pure face lifted to the skies, aswim With stars from zenith to ..."
2. An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great by William Kelly (1851)
"... quarters at sundown, and, in endeavouring to pick out the most favourable
wading places in the gloaming, were frequently aswim in crossing the sloughs. ..."
3. The Vikings in Western Christendom, A.D. 789 to A.D. 888 by Charles Francis Keary (1891)
"The field was aswim with blood.' Here is another passage in which, we may note,
are mentioned nearly all the weapons in habitual use among the Northmen in ..."
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