lyrio

Updated: November 14, 2024

For their Odyssey they had gone to Spain that brown un-European land of "lyrio" flowers, and cries of "Agua!" in the streets, where the men seem cleft to the waist when they are astride of horses, under their wide black hats, and the black-clothed women with wonderful eyes still look as if they missed their Eastern veils.

John Galsworthy - Beyond