sword-grass

No sword-grass grows about the margin; there are no blue water forget-me-nots, nor broad lily leaves; the grass at the brim is short and thick, and the weeping willows that droop over the edge grow picturesquely enough.

Eve and David 2007

No sword-grass grows about the margin; there are no blue water forget-me-nots, nor broad lily leaves; the grass at the brim is short and thick, and the weeping willows that droop over the edge grow picturesquely enough.

Eve and David 2007

Thank goodness we are in forest now, and we seem to have done with the sword-grass.

Travels in West Africa 2003

Frequently we entered extensive _prairies_, covered with blades of sword-grass, tall as our heads, whose jagged edges tore us like saws, though we protected our faces with masks of wattled willows.

Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot

In this particular picture I am sitting among clumps of sword-grass on a steep and rocky hillside that we have just taken.

The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945

In this particular picture I am sitting among clumps of sword-grass on a steep and rocky hillside that we have just taken.

The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945

The Chief's observant glance had lighted on Rhinoceros, lying upside down in a little clump of flowering sword-grass, into which he had been whisked as the Mother shook out the little shawl.

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

Down below, nearer to the stream, a tough green sword-grass grew richly; and beyond lay the deep wood, softly sighing, and containing all sorts of strange scents and haunting presences.

The Silent Isle Arthur Christopher Benson 1893

Thank goodness we are in forest now, and we seem to have done with the sword-grass.

Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881

On the oat-grass and the sword-grass, and the bulrush in the pool.

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation Various 1878