The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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Page 62
... waves : And Philomedia , from the source of life . Love tracked her steps ; and beautiful Desire Pursued , while soon as born she bent her way Towards heaven's assembled gods . HESIOD'S Theogony . If Jove would give the leafy bowers A ...
... waves : And Philomedia , from the source of life . Love tracked her steps ; and beautiful Desire Pursued , while soon as born she bent her way Towards heaven's assembled gods . HESIOD'S Theogony . If Jove would give the leafy bowers A ...
Page 80
... wave ; Now the genial star of day Dissolves the murky clouds away ; And cultured field , and winding stream , Are sweetly tissued by his beam . Now the earth prolific swells With leafy buds and flowery bells ; Gemming shoots the olive ...
... wave ; Now the genial star of day Dissolves the murky clouds away ; And cultured field , and winding stream , Are sweetly tissued by his beam . Now the earth prolific swells With leafy buds and flowery bells ; Gemming shoots the olive ...
Page 83
... waves th'aean hills arise . Here the gay Morn resides in radiant bowers ; 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 ...
... waves th'aean hills arise . Here the gay Morn resides in radiant bowers ; 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 ...
Page 105
... waves his brow , And from that height surveys the great abodes , And mansions , worthy of residing gods . The land , a narrow neck , itself extends , Round which his course the stream divided bends ; The stream's two arms , on either ...
... waves his brow , And from that height surveys the great abodes , And mansions , worthy of residing gods . The land , a narrow neck , itself extends , Round which his course the stream divided bends ; The stream's two arms , on either ...
Page 109
... waves , Placid to man . The other has a heart Of iron ; yea , the heart within his breast Is brass , unpitying : whom of men he grasps , Stern he retains : Near the Cymmerians , in his dark abode , Deep in a cavern , dwells the drowsy ...
... waves , Placid to man . The other has a heart Of iron ; yea , the heart within his breast Is brass , unpitying : whom of men he grasps , Stern he retains : Near the Cymmerians , in his dark abode , Deep in a cavern , dwells the drowsy ...
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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