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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... Nymphs of Antiquity and of the Poets . The 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 ...
... Nymphs of Antiquity and of the Poets . The 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 ...
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... nymph would coyness feign , And hides but to be found again , These , these are joys the gods for youth ordain . ” DRYDEN . The Roman poet , however , though he occasionally boasts of his temperance , is too apt to lose sight of the ...
... nymph would coyness feign , And hides but to be found again , These , these are joys the gods for youth ordain . ” DRYDEN . The Roman poet , however , though he occasionally boasts of his temperance , is too apt to lose sight of the ...
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... nymphs to daunt , Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt . There in close covert by some brook , Where no profaner eye may look , Hide me from day's garish eye , While the bee with honied thigh , That at her flowery work doth sing ...
... nymphs to daunt , Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt . There in close covert by some brook , Where no profaner eye may look , Hide me from day's garish eye , While the bee with honied thigh , That at her flowery work doth sing ...
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... nymphs , as great and good ; I know , this quest of yours , and free intent , Was all in honour and devotion meant To the great mistress of yon princely shrine , Whom with low reverence I adore as mine ; And , with all helpful service ...
... nymphs , as great and good ; I know , this quest of yours , and free intent , Was all in honour and devotion meant To the great mistress of yon princely shrine , Whom with low reverence I adore as mine ; And , with all helpful service ...
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... nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn . In consecrated earth , And on the holy hearth , The Lars , and Lemures , mourn with midnight plaint ; In urns , and altars round , A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at ...
... nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn . In consecrated earth , And on the holy hearth , The Lars , and Lemures , mourn with midnight plaint ; In urns , and altars round , A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at ...
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