The Classic Myths in English Literature: Based Chiefly on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855), Accompanied by an Interpretative and Illustrative CommentaryCharles Mills Gayley |
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... Apollo ; Shelley's Hymn of Apollo ...... 59 Milo ..... $ 39 . Diana ( Artemis ) ; Ben Jonson's Hymn to Diana ..... $ 40 . Venus ( Aphrodite ) ; Extract from Sill's Venus of $ 41 . Mercury ( Hermes ) 63 65 68 $ 42 . Vesta ( Hestia ) 69 ...
... Apollo ; Shelley's Hymn of Apollo ...... 59 Milo ..... $ 39 . Diana ( Artemis ) ; Ben Jonson's Hymn to Diana ..... $ 40 . Venus ( Aphrodite ) ; Extract from Sill's Venus of $ 41 . Mercury ( Hermes ) 63 65 68 $ 42 . Vesta ( Hestia ) 69 ...
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... Apollo in Exile ; Lowell's Shepherd of King Admetus .... § 81. Admetus and Alcestis ; Extracts from Browning's Balaus- tion's Adventure . § 82. Apollo , the Musician 132 136 § 83. Apollo , Pan , and Midas ; Shelley's Hymn of Pan ...
... Apollo in Exile ; Lowell's Shepherd of King Admetus .... § 81. Admetus and Alcestis ; Extracts from Browning's Balaus- tion's Adventure . § 82. Apollo , the Musician 132 136 § 83. Apollo , Pan , and Midas ; Shelley's Hymn of Pan ...
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... Apollo of the Belvedere . 3 : 438 . ] [ Supplemented by the Ægis : Roscher 12. Apollo . [ In the Museum of Basle : Roscher 3 : 465. ] 13. Diana ( Artemis of Versailles ) . [ Marble statue in Louvre : Roscher 4 : 603. ] PAGE 60 88 62 63 ...
... Apollo of the Belvedere . 3 : 438 . ] [ Supplemented by the Ægis : Roscher 12. Apollo . [ In the Museum of Basle : Roscher 3 : 465. ] 13. Diana ( Artemis of Versailles ) . [ Marble statue in Louvre : Roscher 4 : 603. ] PAGE 60 88 62 63 ...
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... Apollo , and Hyacinthus with quoit . [ Marble group , Hope Collec- tion . Roscher 16 , 17 : 2765. ] 42. Apollo . [ Wall painting : H. and P. ] 43. Niobe . [ Statue : Müller . ] . 44. Esculapius . [ Statue : Müller . ] .... 45. Apollo ...
... Apollo , and Hyacinthus with quoit . [ Marble group , Hope Collec- tion . Roscher 16 , 17 : 2765. ] 42. Apollo . [ Wall painting : H. and P. ] 43. Niobe . [ Statue : Müller . ] . 44. Esculapius . [ Statue : Müller . ] .... 45. Apollo ...
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... Apollo , Orestes , Tripod , Pallas . [ Vase picture : Millin . ] . 311 311 103. Sirens and Ulysses . [ Gem : Millin . ] 321 104. Head of Minerva . ( Copy of Pallas of the Parthenon . ) [ Statue : Hirt . ] ... 326 105. Penelope at the ...
... Apollo , Orestes , Tripod , Pallas . [ Vase picture : Millin . ] . 311 311 103. Sirens and Ulysses . [ Gem : Millin . ] 321 104. Head of Minerva . ( Copy of Pallas of the Parthenon . ) [ Statue : Hirt . ] ... 326 105. Penelope at the ...
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Page 434 - And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Page 335 - Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea : I am become a name ; For always roaming with a hungry heart Much have I seen and known ; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but...
Page 80 - From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never ; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Page 444 - The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago ; The Scipios...
Page 197 - THE woods decay, the woods decay and fall, The vapours weep their burthen to the ground, Man comes and tills the field and lies beneath, And after many a summer dies the swan.
Page 467 - Castalian spring, might with this Paradise Of Eden strive ; nor that Nyseian isle Girt with the river Triton, where old Cham, Whom Gentiles Ammon call and Libyan Jove, Hid Amalthea, and her florid son Young Bacchus, from his stepdame Rhea's eye ; Nor where Abassin kings their issue guard, Mount Amara, though this by some supposed True Paradise, under the Ethiop line By Nilus...
Page 421 - The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.
Page 222 - Wherewith she sits on diamond rocks, Sleeking her soft alluring locks; By all the nymphs that nightly dance Upon thy streams with wily glance: Rise, rise, and heave thy rosy head From thy coral-paven bed, And bridle in thy headlong wave, Till thou our summons answered have.
Page 249 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake : Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog...
Page 418 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...