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... head wreathed with flowers ; Summer , crowned with ripened grain ; Autumn , with his feet empurpled by the juice of the grapes ; and Winter , with hair all white and stiff with hoar - frost . And when Phaeton walked up the golden steps ...
... head wreathed with flowers ; Summer , crowned with ripened grain ; Autumn , with his feet empurpled by the juice of the grapes ; and Winter , with hair all white and stiff with hoar - frost . And when Phaeton walked up the golden steps ...
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... head of a lily whose stem is broken . The red blood gushed to the ground , an unquenchable stream , and darkness ... heads as if in sorrow.1 And still , when winter is ended , and the song of birds tell us of the promise of spring , if ...
... head of a lily whose stem is broken . The red blood gushed to the ground , an unquenchable stream , and darkness ... heads as if in sorrow.1 And still , when winter is ended , and the song of birds tell us of the promise of spring , if ...
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... head , and he leaned on the strong shoulder of Morpheus , his favourite son . All round his bed hovered pleasant dreams , gently stooping over him to whisper their messages , like a field of wheat swayed by the breeze , or willows that ...
... head , and he leaned on the strong shoulder of Morpheus , his favourite son . All round his bed hovered pleasant dreams , gently stooping over him to whisper their messages , like a field of wheat swayed by the breeze , or willows that ...
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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