The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... 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 humbles , and whole hosts o'erturns . From high Olympus prone her flight she bends ...
... 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 humbles , and whole hosts o'erturns . From high Olympus prone her flight she bends ...
Page 54
... o'er all others Jove Hath honoured , and endowed with splendid gifts : With power on earth , and o'er the untilled sea : Nor less her glory from the starry heaven , Chief honoured by immortals : and if one Of earthly men , performing ...
... o'er all others Jove Hath honoured , and endowed with splendid gifts : With power on earth , and o'er the untilled sea : Nor less her glory from the starry heaven , Chief honoured by immortals : and if one Of earthly men , performing ...
Page 55
Or, Mythology for Children. O'er the great council of the people shines : And when the mailed men arise to wage Destroying battle , she to whom she lists Is present , yielding victory and fame ; And on the judgment seat with awful kings ...
Or, Mythology for Children. O'er the great council of the people shines : And when the mailed men arise to wage Destroying battle , she to whom she lists Is present , yielding victory and fame ; And on the judgment seat with awful kings ...
Page 59
... 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 wakeful eye ; Then shoots from heaven to high Pieria's steep , And stoops incumbent on the rolling deep . So ...
... 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 wakeful eye ; Then shoots from heaven to high Pieria's steep , And stoops incumbent on the rolling deep . So ...
Page 70
... o'er and o'er ! OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 4- EOLUS . Eolus was the reputed son of Jupiter and 70 BACCHUS .
... o'er and o'er ! OVID'S Metamorphoses , book 4- EOLUS . Eolus was the reputed son of Jupiter and 70 BACCHUS .
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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