The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... deep , and spreads the moving sands ; Then heaves them off the shoals . — Where'er he guides His finny coursers , and in triumph rides , The waves unruffle , and the sea subsides . VIRGIL'S Eneid , book 1 . bard no pill PLUTO . Pluto ...
... deep , and spreads the moving sands ; Then heaves them off the shoals . — Where'er he guides His finny coursers , and in triumph rides , The waves unruffle , and the sea subsides . VIRGIL'S Eneid , book 1 . bard no pill PLUTO . Pluto ...
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... deep . So watery fowl , that seek their fishy food , With wings expanded o'er the foaming flood , Now sailing smooth the level surface sweep , Now dip their pinions in the briny deep : Thus o'er the world of waters Hermes flew , Till ...
... deep . So watery fowl , that seek their fishy food , With wings expanded o'er the foaming flood , Now sailing smooth the level surface sweep , Now dip their pinions in the briny deep : Thus o'er the world of waters Hermes flew , Till ...
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... deep ; With painted reins , all - glittering from afar , The spotted lynxes proudly draw thy car ; Around , the Bacchæ , and the Satyrs throng ; Behind , Silenus , drunk , lags slow along ; On his dull ass he nods from side to side ...
... deep ; With painted reins , all - glittering from afar , The spotted lynxes proudly draw thy car ; Around , the Bacchæ , and the Satyrs throng ; Behind , Silenus , drunk , lags slow along ; On his dull ass he nods from side to side ...
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... deep , or swell the foaming sea , These in my hollow ship the monarch hung , Securely fettered by a silver thong ; But Zephyrus exempt , with friendly gales He charged to fill and guide the swelling sails : Rare gift ! but oh , what ...
... deep , or swell the foaming sea , These in my hollow ship the monarch hung , Securely fettered by a silver thong ; But Zephyrus exempt , with friendly gales He charged to fill and guide the swelling sails : Rare gift ! but oh , what ...
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... deep Have languished into silent sleep ; And , mark ! the flitting sea - birds lave Their plumes in the reflecting wave ; Now the genial star of day Dissolves the murky clouds away ; And cultured field , and winding stream , Are sweetly ...
... deep Have languished into silent sleep ; And , mark ! the flitting sea - birds lave Their plumes in the reflecting wave ; Now the genial star of day Dissolves the murky clouds away ; And cultured field , and winding stream , Are sweetly ...
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Achilles adored Ægean sea Æneas amongst Anacreon ancient Apollo arms Athens Aurora Bacchus beautiful beneath Boeotia brazen breath called celebrated Ceres chariot Chiron crowned Cybele Cyclades daughter death deities descended Diana divine dreadful earth Esculapius famed famous fate father festivals flames flowers goddess gods gold golden Graces Grecian Greece Greeks hand head heaven Hector hell Hercules heroes HESIOD HOMER honour Iliad immortal island Italy Jove Juno Jupiter king light LUCAN Mercury Minerva monarch monster mortal mother mount mountain Muses Neptune Nereides night numbers nymph o'er ocean Oceanides Olympus oracle OVID OVID'S Metamorphoses Perseus Pluto poets presided Priam principal Proserpine reign river rock rolled Romans Rome sacred Saturn Scamander serpent shore Sicily skies stars sweet temple Terra thee Theogony Theseus Thessaly Thetis Thrace throne thunder town Trojan Trojan war Troy Ulysses usually represented Venus VIRGIL Vulcan waves winds winged worshipped youth Zacynthus