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SUBSTANTIVES — COMPOSITION
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I, 161, When they hailed thee re-risen, O Thalassian,
Foam-white from the foam . . .
211, ... the salt-white edges of thin sea . . .
II, 17, The fire-white faith of Poland . . .
58, The dove-white breast of love . . .
Ill, 26, Flower, once I knew thy star-white brethren.
In this connection it may be interesting to point out
that Swinburne often makes use of conventionalized colours
in order to imitate the style of a certain period.
I, 245, And all green flower of goodly-growing lands . . .
II, 229, With black blood dripping from her eyes.
With this compare:
I, 104, Our lives would grow together
In sad or singing weather,
Blown fields or flowerful closes,
Green pleasure or grey grief.
There are few combinations of other colour-adjectives
besides the conventional.
III, 17, Fixed fervour, iron-red like Mars . . .
125, ... all its lava-black
Cones that cast answer back . . .
[the mountains of Auvergne; possibly: blackened by lava .
VI, 392, . . . till murder dawns
Blood-red from hell-black treason’s heart of hate.
Two adjectives that occur in compounds of this class
quite as often as white, are bright and soft. Bright forms
the following combinations: bloocl-bright [I, 259],
flower-bright (II, 23), beacon-bright (II, 69), foam-bright (III, 295),
rosebright (III, 330), wine-bright (IV, 8).
Soft forms for instance: flower-soft (III, 28) snow-soft
(III, 27), swan-soft (III, 170); two rather curious cases are
IV, 73, ... for her eyes
Were emerald-soft as evening-coloured skies . . .
74, No marriage-torch red with the heart’s desire
But silver-soft, a flameless light . . .
[The Maiden Marriage].
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