The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... winds . Earth , air , sea , glowed : the billows heaved on high , Foamed round the shores , and dashed on every side Beneath the rush of gods . Concussion wild And unappeasable uprose : aghast The gloomy monarch of the infernal dead ...
... winds . Earth , air , sea , glowed : the billows heaved on high , Foamed round the shores , and dashed on every side Beneath the rush of gods . Concussion wild And unappeasable uprose : aghast The gloomy monarch of the infernal dead ...
Page 29
... winds and wintry heaven oppressed . Full well the god his sister's envy knew , And what her aims , and what her arts pursue . He summoned Eurus and the western blast , And first an angry glance on both he cast , Then thus rebuked ...
... winds and wintry heaven oppressed . Full well the god his sister's envy knew , And what her aims , and what her arts pursue . He summoned Eurus and the western blast , And first an angry glance on both he cast , Then thus rebuked ...
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... winds , Fast to his feet his golden pinions binds , That high thro ' fields of air his flight sustain , O'er the wide earth , and o'er the boundless main . He grasps the wand that causes sleep to fly , Or in soft slumber seals the ...
... winds , Fast to his feet his golden pinions binds , That high thro ' fields of air his flight sustain , O'er the wide earth , and o'er the boundless main . He grasps the wand that causes sleep to fly , Or in soft slumber seals the ...
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... winds and storms ; he reigned in the Æolian Isles , the cluster now known by the name of Lipari ; during the wan- derings of Ulysses , after the Trojan war , he touched at Æolia , and this god bestowed upon him a bag , containing all ...
... winds and storms ; he reigned in the Æolian Isles , the cluster now known by the name of Lipari ; during the wan- derings of Ulysses , after the Trojan war , he touched at Æolia , and this god bestowed upon him a bag , containing all ...
Page 72
... winds in leathern bags he braced , Compressed their force , and locked each struggling blast . For him the mighty sire of gods assigned The tempests ' lord , and tyrant of the wind ; His word alone the listening storms obey , To smooth ...
... winds in leathern bags he braced , Compressed their force , and locked each struggling blast . For him the mighty sire of gods assigned The tempests ' lord , and tyrant of the wind ; His word alone the listening storms obey , To smooth ...
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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