 I sit by and sing, Or gather rushes, to make many a ring For thy long fingers ; tell thee tales of love, How the pale Phoebe, hunting in a grove, First saw the boy Endymion, from whose eyes She took eternal fire that never dies ; How she...  Thirteen Satires of Juvenal - Page 166by Juvenal - 1878Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Bulfinch - Chivalry - 1913 - 972 pages
...enamoured less Than I of thee." Fletcher, in the "Faithful Shepherdess," tells: "How the pale Phcebe, hunting in a grove, First saw the boy Endymion, from...eyes She took eternal fire that never dies; How she conveyed him softly in a sleep, His temples bound with poppy, to the steep Head of old Latmos, where... | |
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