The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... her public walks , Now faintly echo to the pilgrim's feet , Who comes to muse in solitude , and trace Through the rank moss revealed , her honoured dust . " bey bayotno n ga CŒLUS AND TERRA . Cælus and 12 MYTHOLOGY .
... her public walks , Now faintly echo to the pilgrim's feet , Who comes to muse in solitude , and trace Through the rank moss revealed , her honoured dust . " bey bayotno n ga CŒLUS AND TERRA . Cælus and 12 MYTHOLOGY .
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... feet The great Olympus trembled , and earth groaned . From either god , a burning radiance caught The darkly azured ocean : from the flash Of lightnings , and that monster's darted flame , Hot thunder - bolts , and blasts of fiery winds ...
... feet The great Olympus trembled , and earth groaned . From either god , a burning radiance caught The darkly azured ocean : from the flash Of lightnings , and that monster's darted flame , Hot thunder - bolts , and blasts of fiery winds ...
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... feet , and the Harpies , Fates , Eumenides , & c . surround him . At other times he is seated in a chariot drawn by four horses , and holding in his hand a fork similar to the trident of Neptune , but with two prongs . The giant Typheus ...
... feet , and the Harpies , Fates , Eumenides , & c . surround him . At other times he is seated in a chariot drawn by four horses , and holding in his hand a fork similar to the trident of Neptune , but with two prongs . The giant Typheus ...
Page 47
... feet ; with these sublime she sails Th ' aërial space , and mounts the winged gales : O'er earth and ocean wide prepared to soar , Her dreaded arm a beaming javelin bore , Ponderous and vast ; which , when her fury burns , Proud tyrants ...
... feet ; with these sublime she sails Th ' aërial space , and mounts the winged gales : O'er earth and ocean wide prepared to soar , Her dreaded arm a beaming javelin bore , Ponderous and vast ; which , when her fury burns , Proud tyrants ...
Page 58
... feet , and the caduceus in his hand ; at other times , with a purse in his hand , a cock on his wrist , and a goat , a scorpion , and a fly at his feet . Horace thus addresses him : - Sweet smooth - tongued god , wise Atlas son , Whose ...
... feet , and the caduceus in his hand ; at other times , with a purse in his hand , a cock on his wrist , and a goat , a scorpion , and a fly at his feet . Horace thus addresses him : - Sweet smooth - tongued god , wise Atlas son , Whose ...
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