The Classic Myths in English Literature: Based Chiefly on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable". (1855).Charles Mills Gayley |
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... await the poet who shall bestow on each his new and predetermined form , and restore them , purified and breathing of Elysian air , to the world . of life and art and ever - young mankind . no OBS Ft ! On- SO re . he in XXX INTRODUCTION .
... await the poet who shall bestow on each his new and predetermined form , and restore them , purified and breathing of Elysian air , to the world . of life and art and ever - young mankind . no OBS Ft ! On- SO re . he in XXX INTRODUCTION .
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... breath upon the creatures of a dream , and wraps young and old in the wonder of hearing a new thing . The æsthetic myth , first , removes us from the sordid world of immediate and selfish needs , and then unrolls a vision of a world ...
... breath upon the creatures of a dream , and wraps young and old in the wonder of hearing a new thing . The æsthetic myth , first , removes us from the sordid world of immediate and selfish needs , and then unrolls a vision of a world ...
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... breath of probability and imagination . In historic myths the dependence of gods , heroes , and events upon the stern necessity of an overruling power , of fate or providence , is especially to be observed . Of this class is the Iliad ...
... breath of probability and imagination . In historic myths the dependence of gods , heroes , and events upon the stern necessity of an overruling power , of fate or providence , is especially to be observed . Of this class is the Iliad ...
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... breath was silent , chanced to hear A distant strain far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor ́skill could make , his fancy fetched Even from the blazing chariot of the Sun A beardless youth who touched a golden lute , And filled the ...
... breath was silent , chanced to hear A distant strain far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor ́skill could make , his fancy fetched Even from the blazing chariot of the Sun A beardless youth who touched a golden lute , And filled the ...
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... breathing siroccos , scorches trees and men . Later still , the Giants , offspring of the blood that fell from the wound- ed Uranus , renewed the revolt against the Olym- pian gods . They were creatures nearer akin to men than were the ...
... breathing siroccos , scorches trees and men . Later still , the Giants , offspring of the blood that fell from the wound- ed Uranus , renewed the revolt against the Olym- pian gods . They were creatures nearer akin to men than were the ...
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Achilles Adonis adventures Ægyptus Æneas Æneid Agamemnon ancient Apollo Argos Ariadne arms arrows Athens Bacchus Balder beauty behold body brother Cadmus called cave Ceres chariot clouds Commentary Cronus Cupid Cyclops daughter dead death deity Deucalion Diana divine earth Edipus eyes fate father fell giant goddess gods golden Greece Greek Hades hand head heart heaven Hector Hercules Hermod hero Homer horses Iliad immortal Jove Juno Jupiter king land Loki Lond maiden Mars Meleager Mercury Metam Milton Minerva Minos monster mortal mother mythology myths Neptune night nymph Odin Olympus oracle Ovid palace Peleus Pelops Perseus Phaëton Pluto poem poet Prometheus Proserpine Psyche queen race river Roscher sacred Satyrs serpent shore Sigurd sister sleep song spear spring stars stood story sweet sword Thebes thee Theseus Thessaly Thor thou translation tree Trojan Trojan War Troy Ulysses Utgard-Loki Venus Vulcan wife wind wound youth