The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... Venus ! when the shaft he took- He sighed , and felt the urchin's art ; He sighed in agony of heart , - " It is not light , —I die with pain ! " Take , take thy arrow back again . " " No , " said the child , " it must not be , " That ...
... Venus ! when the shaft he took- He sighed , and felt the urchin's art ; He sighed in agony of heart , - " It is not light , —I die with pain ! " Take , take thy arrow back again . " " No , " said the child , " it must not be , " That ...
Page 59
... waters Hermes flew , Till now the distant island rose in view : Then swift ascending from the azure wave , He took the path that winded to the cave . Odyssey , book 5 . VENUS AND CUPID . Venus was goddess of beauty , MERCURY . 59.
... waters Hermes flew , Till now the distant island rose in view : Then swift ascending from the azure wave , He took the path that winded to the cave . Odyssey , book 5 . VENUS AND CUPID . Venus was goddess of beauty , MERCURY . 59.
Page 60
... her intrigues ; her intimacy with the god of war is noticed by all the poets . The worship of Venus was universal in the then known world , but her chosen abodes were Paphos , Cytherea , and 60 VENUS AND CUPID . VENUS AND CUPID. ...
... her intrigues ; her intimacy with the god of war is noticed by all the poets . The worship of Venus was universal in the then known world , but her chosen abodes were Paphos , Cytherea , and 60 VENUS AND CUPID . VENUS AND CUPID. ...
Page 61
... Venus were , the myrtle , the rose , and the apple ; the sparrow , the dove , and the swan : she is generally represented as a beautiful woman , adorned with the cestus , or ... VENUS AND CUPID . And forth emerged a VENUS AND CUPID . 61.
... Venus were , the myrtle , the rose , and the apple ; the sparrow , the dove , and the swan : she is generally represented as a beautiful woman , adorned with the cestus , or ... VENUS AND CUPID . And forth emerged a VENUS AND CUPID . 61.
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Or, Mythology for Children. 62 62 VENUS AND CUPID . And forth emerged a goddess , in the charms Of awful beauty . Where her delicate feet Had pressed the sands , green herbage flowering sprang . Her Aphrodite gods and mortals name The ...
Or, Mythology for Children. 62 62 VENUS AND CUPID . And forth emerged a goddess , in the charms Of awful beauty . Where her delicate feet Had pressed the sands , green herbage flowering sprang . Her Aphrodite gods and mortals name The ...
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