The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... once Empress of the World , no longer rules the nations with sovereign power , and true , though melancholy , are those beautiful lines by Kirke White . " She lives but in the tales of other times ; - Her proud pavilions are the ...
... once Empress of the World , no longer rules the nations with sovereign power , and true , though melancholy , are those beautiful lines by Kirke White . " She lives but in the tales of other times ; - Her proud pavilions are the ...
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... once fair trees on Ida stood , And gave their shade to each descending god , Nor shall consume ; irrevocable Fate Allots their being no determined date . ' OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 14 . JUPITER . Jupiter , monarch of Heaven , and ...
... once fair trees on Ida stood , And gave their shade to each descending god , Nor shall consume ; irrevocable Fate Allots their being no determined date . ' OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 14 . JUPITER . Jupiter , monarch of Heaven , and ...
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... once The horrible monster's heads enormous , scorched In one conflagrant blaze . When thus the god Had quelled him , thunder - smitten , mangled , prone , He fell earth groaned and shook beneath his weight . ། : menys far wladseničky ...
... once The horrible monster's heads enormous , scorched In one conflagrant blaze . When thus the god Had quelled him , thunder - smitten , mangled , prone , He fell earth groaned and shook beneath his weight . ། : menys far wladseničky ...
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... droppings of her honied dews ; And Love ( alas the victim heart ! ) Tinges with gall the burning dart ; Once , to this Lemnian cave of flame , The crested lord of battles came ; ' Twas from the ranks of war he rushed , 42 MARS .
... droppings of her honied dews ; And Love ( alas the victim heart ! ) Tinges with gall the burning dart ; Once , to this Lemnian cave of flame , The crested lord of battles came ; ' Twas from the ranks of war he rushed , 42 MARS .
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... Once in your cause I felt his matchless might , Hurled headlong downward from th ' ethereal height ; Tossed all the day in rapid circles round ; Nor till the sun descended touched the ground : Breathless I fell , in giddy motion lost ...
... Once in your cause I felt his matchless might , Hurled headlong downward from th ' ethereal height ; Tossed all the day in rapid circles round ; Nor till the sun descended touched the ground : Breathless I fell , in giddy motion lost ...
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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