greenwood

• Now the greenwood was shrinking -- dying -- and Peg knew that soon, it would all be fields, and then, not long after a green expanse in which humans with sticks would chase a small white ball. —  F ;SF - vol 088 issue 05 - May 1995
• Her eyes shimmered like the greenwood, were filled with darkness and light. —  F ;SF - vol 088 issue 05 - May 1995
• It was the cry of the immured bird which has been forced from its nest in the greenwood, and for which life has no other attraction than to sit mournfully at the door of the cage, looking out to the fair fields, and the blue sky in which it shall stretch its wings no more. —  For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary
• The name of his brother John only set him repeating that John loved the greenwood, and would be content to take poor Stevie's place and dwell in the verdurer's lodge; but that he himself ought to be abroad, he had seen brave Lord Talbot's ships ready at Southampton, John might stay at home, but he would win fame and honour in Gascony And while he thus wandered, and the boys stood by perplexed and distressed, Brother Segrim came back, and said, "So, young sirs, have you seen enough of your doting kinsman? —  The Armourer's Prentices
• The greenwood, then, shall be my dining-hall Our scene now changes to the lodge of the woodland chief. —  Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality

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