A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto UncollectedIncludes papers on Heathen mythology, Genii of antiquity, Genii and fairies of the East, etc. |
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Page 11
... Sirens and Mermaids of the Poets Tritons and Men of the Sea • On Giants , Ogres , and Cyclops • 155 • • 170 188 206 • 231 • 252 260 284 292 The True Enjoyment of Splendor • 299 Gog and Magog , and the Wall of Dhoulkarnein Aeronautics ...
... Sirens and Mermaids of the Poets Tritons and Men of the Sea • On Giants , Ogres , and Cyclops • 155 • • 170 188 206 • 231 • 252 260 284 292 The True Enjoyment of Splendor • 299 Gog and Magog , and the Wall of Dhoulkarnein Aeronautics ...
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... Sirens take their summer stands Among the breathing waters and glib sands . " Bright fires and joyous faces ; and it is no easy thing for philosophy to say good night . But health must be enjoyed or nothing will be enjoyed , and the ...
... Sirens take their summer stands Among the breathing waters and glib sands . " Bright fires and joyous faces ; and it is no easy thing for philosophy to say good night . But health must be enjoyed or nothing will be enjoyed , and the ...
Page 172
... Sirens , who sat upon the spheres ; and some reckon among them , the Graces and the Muses . Aristophanes , in one of his plays , has introduced a chorus of clouds ; and , though the singers appear to be the clouds themselves and not ...
... Sirens , who sat upon the spheres ; and some reckon among them , the Graces and the Muses . Aristophanes , in one of his plays , has introduced a chorus of clouds ; and , though the singers appear to be the clouds themselves and not ...
Page 189
... Sirens , and furnished them with the feathers , feet , wings , and tails of birds . " + According to this statement of our best English mythol- ogist , the Sirens were but two . It is not a little surpris- ing , however , that so ...
... Sirens , and furnished them with the feathers , feet , wings , and tails of birds . " + According to this statement of our best English mythol- ogist , the Sirens were but two . It is not a little surpris- ing , however , that so ...
Page 191
... Sirens has been attributed to Orpheus ; so that , according to the writer of those Argonautics , the story of Ulysses is a fiction , even in the regions of fic- tion ! The song of the Sirens in Homer is not worthy of the great poet ...
... Sirens has been attributed to Orpheus ; so that , according to the writer of those Argonautics , the story of Ulysses is a fiction , even in the regions of fic- tion ! The song of the Sirens in Homer is not worthy of the great poet ...
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admiration Amadis of Gaul ancient angels appear Arabian Nights Arethuse balloon beautiful bird called charm creatures dancing delight demon devil divine earth elves evil eyes face fairy fancy fear feel fire fireside Genii genius gentle giant give gods Gog and Magog grace Greek hand happy head heard heaven Hesiod human imagination kind King King Arthur lady Lane Leigh Hunt lived Lloyd look lord lovers mermaid Milton mistress Morabec mountains Mythology Naiads nature Nereids never night nymphs Oberon one's Ovid Pari passage perhaps person Plato pleasant pleasure Plutarch poem poet poetry present Prince Ahmed queen reader Reginald Scot romance round Satyr sense sing Sirens Socrates song sort soul speak Spenser spirit story supposed sweet taste tell thee thing thou thought tion Triton truth turn verses voice wings word