I had Forsworn the company of men, and of all women,-and the faith of my fathers had died in me,-but there, as I looked on your face-the lost years came back.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
What had they meant in Larry Kildene's life, he who had lived for twenty years the life of a hermit, and had Forsworn women forever, as he said?
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
A well-nigh impossible ideal; yet he cherished it for twice ten years, and at forty had Forsworn poetry for prose....
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker