The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... night , and fright his trembling ghosts . This to prevent , he quits the Stygian coasts , In his black car by sooty horses drawn , Fair Sicily he seeks , and dreads the dawn . Around her plains he casts his eager eyes , And every ...
... night , and fright his trembling ghosts . This to prevent , he quits the Stygian coasts , In his black car by sooty horses drawn , Fair Sicily he seeks , and dreads the dawn . Around her plains he casts his eager eyes , And every ...
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... night , The foes already have possessed the wall : Troy nods from high and totters to her fall . Enough is paid to Priam's royal name , More than enough to duty and to fame . If by a mortal hand my father's throne Could be c 2 VESTA ...
... night , The foes already have possessed the wall : Troy nods from high and totters to her fall . Enough is paid to Priam's royal name , More than enough to duty and to fame . If by a mortal hand my father's throne Could be c 2 VESTA ...
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... night , hide themselves as she ushers in the dawn . The dews of early morning are poetically supposed by Ovid to be the tears which Aurora sheds for the loss of her favourite son Memnon , who was slain by Achilles in the Trojan war ...
... night , hide themselves as she ushers in the dawn . The dews of early morning are poetically supposed by Ovid to be the tears which Aurora sheds for the loss of her favourite son Memnon , who was slain by Achilles in the Trojan war ...
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... Here keeps her revels with the dancing Hours . Here Phoebus , rising in th ' etherial way , Through heaven's bright portals pours the beamy day . All night we watched , till with her orient wheels F 2 AURORA . 883 O'er the eastern lawn, ...
... Here keeps her revels with the dancing Hours . Here Phoebus , rising in th ' etherial way , Through heaven's bright portals pours the beamy day . All night we watched , till with her orient wheels F 2 AURORA . 883 O'er the eastern lawn, ...
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... night retarding , to detain The gay Aurora in the wavy main , Whose flaming steeds , emerging through the night , Beam o'er the eastern hills with streaming light . Minerva rushes through th ' aërial way , And bids Aurora , with her ...
... night retarding , to detain The gay Aurora in the wavy main , Whose flaming steeds , emerging through the night , Beam o'er the eastern hills with streaming light . Minerva rushes through th ' aërial way , And bids Aurora , with her ...
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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