high-buskined

Updated: May 8, 2025

But there came a day to him when he missed the deer, and caught a glimpse instead of the divine huntress, Diana, high-buskined, short-kirtled, speeding with her hounds through the lonely woodland, and his thoughts ran no more on venison for that day. The same truth is true of all men who go out into the green, blue-eyed wilderness, whether they go there in pursuit of game or butterflies.

Richard Le Gallienne - Vanishing Roads and Other Essays