The Classic Myths in English Literature: Based Chiefly on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable". (1855) : Accompanied by an Interpretative and Illustrative Commentary |
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... passed , their wings , Lacked not for love fair objects whom they wooed With gentle whisper . Withered boughs grotesque , Stripped of their leaves and twigs by hoary age , From depth of shaggy covert peeping forth In the low vale , or ...
... passed , their wings , Lacked not for love fair objects whom they wooed With gentle whisper . Withered boughs grotesque , Stripped of their leaves and twigs by hoary age , From depth of shaggy covert peeping forth In the low vale , or ...
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... passed in antiquity under Homer's name . The so - called Homeric Hymns to the gods which were composed , by various poets , after the death of Homer , are a source of valuable information concerning the attributes of the divinities ...
... passed in antiquity under Homer's name . The so - called Homeric Hymns to the gods which were composed , by various poets , after the death of Homer , are a source of valuable information concerning the attributes of the divinities ...
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... passed to Cyprus , where the grace and blos- som of her beauty conquered every heart . Everywhere , at the touch of her feet the herbage quivered into flower . The Hours and Graces surrounded her , twining odorous garlands and weaving ...
... passed to Cyprus , where the grace and blos- som of her beauty conquered every heart . Everywhere , at the touch of her feet the herbage quivered into flower . The Hours and Graces surrounded her , twining odorous garlands and weaving ...
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... passed to the Elysian Fields , where each followed the chosen pur- suit of his former life in a land of spring , sunlight , happiness , and song . And by the Fields there flowed the river Lethe , from which the souls of those that were ...
... passed to the Elysian Fields , where each followed the chosen pur- suit of his former life in a land of spring , sunlight , happiness , and song . And by the Fields there flowed the river Lethe , from which the souls of those that were ...
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... passed in and out among the threads . The reed with its fine teeth strikes up the woof into its place , and compacts the web . Wool of Tyrian dye is contrasted with that of other colors , shaded off into one another so adroitly that the ...
... passed in and out among the threads . The reed with its fine teeth strikes up the woof into its place , and compacts the web . Wool of Tyrian dye is contrasted with that of other colors , shaded off into one another so adroitly that the ...
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