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Page 95
... darkness , to the dark - shadowed tomb . Thou art but mortal ! thy beauty is short - lived . Thy love for mortal man shall quickly fade and die . Come to me , Marpessa , and my kisses on your lips shall make thee immortal ! Together we ...
... darkness , to the dark - shadowed tomb . Thou art but mortal ! thy beauty is short - lived . Thy love for mortal man shall quickly fade and die . Come to me , Marpessa , and my kisses on your lips shall make thee immortal ! Together we ...
Page 167
... Dark , dark was the kingdom of Pluto . Its rivers never mirrored a sunbeam , and ever moaned low as an earthly river moans before a coming flood , and the feet that trod the gloomy Cocytus valley were the feet of those who never again ...
... Dark , dark was the kingdom of Pluto . Its rivers never mirrored a sunbeam , and ever moaned low as an earthly river moans before a coming flood , and the feet that trod the gloomy Cocytus valley were the feet of those who never again ...
Page 247
... dark night , across the lonely moorland , it made its way , and the birds of the moor flew scream- ing in terror before it , and the wild creatures of the desolate country over which it padded clapped down in their coverts and trembled ...
... dark night , across the lonely moorland , it made its way , and the birds of the moor flew scream- ing in terror before it , and the wild creatures of the desolate country over which it padded clapped down in their coverts and trembled ...
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Acrisius Aphrodite Apollo Arachne arms Atalanta Baldur beautiful Beowulf birds blood Cathbad chariot Charlemagne child children of Lîr Conor creature cried cruel dark daughter dead dear death Deirdrê Diana dreams earth Echo Emain Macha Erin Eros Eurydice evil eyes face fair father fear fell fierce flowers Freya Ganelon gazed goddess gods gold golden Grendel grew grey Halcyone hand happiness heard heart hero honour Hrothgar Hyacinthus Kemoc king knew land Lavarcam listened live Loch Etive looked Marpessa Meleager Midas mighty monster mother mountain Naoise never night nymphs Odin Olympus Orpheus palace Pallas Athené passed Perseus Phaeton Polydectes Psyche queen river Roland Sea of Moyle slay sleep smiled song Sons of Usna sorrow soul spoke stood sweet swiftly sword thee thing thou told trees voice warriors weary wind wings woman words Zephyrus Zeus