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... spoke in her ear . " Oh , foolish one , " it said , " why dost thou strive to stay the hope that is not dead ? " And while she held her breath , her great eyes wide open , the voice spoke on , and told her by what means she might ...
... spoke in her ear . " Oh , foolish one , " it said , " why dost thou strive to stay the hope that is not dead ? " And while she held her breath , her great eyes wide open , the voice spoke on , and told her by what means she might ...
Page 87
... spoke Arachne's doom : " Live ! " she said , " O guilty and shameless one ! For evermore shalt thou live and hang as now , thou and thy descendants , that men may never forget the punish- ment of the blasphemous one who dared to rival a ...
... spoke Arachne's doom : " Live ! " she said , " O guilty and shameless one ! For evermore shalt thou live and hang as now , thou and thy descendants , that men may never forget the punish- ment of the blasphemous one who dared to rival a ...
Page 308
... spoke the lords of the Red Branch , and grimly they looked at Felim the Harper : " If the babe that thy wife is about to bear is to bring such evil upon our land , better that thou shouldst shed her innocent blood ere she spills the ...
... spoke the lords of the Red Branch , and grimly they looked at Felim the Harper : " If the babe that thy wife is about to bear is to bring such evil upon our land , better that thou shouldst shed her innocent blood ere she spills the ...
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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