 linguae: Cassiopeia, mother of Andromeda, was " That starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended." Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Andromeda, and Perseus are among the most striking constellations in...  Selections from Ovid: Chiefly the Metamorphoses - Seite 52von Ovid - 1901 - 168 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 Seiten
...staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The Sea-Nymphs, and their powers offended: Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 Seiten
...staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The Sea-Nymphs, and their powers offended: Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 564 Seiten
...hue ; lilack, but such as in esteem Prince Mention's sister might beseem, Or that starrM Ethiop queeu that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended: Thee bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 Seiten
...staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem : Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended: Yet thou art higher far descended ; Thee bright-hair'd Vesta Icing of yore To solitary Saturn bore... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1819 - 382 Seiten
...staid Wisdom's hue; Khtek, but sueh as in esteem Prinee Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen, that strove To set her beauty's praise above The Sea-Nymphs, and their powers offended; Yet thou art higher far deseended : Thee hright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To lulitary Saturn bore... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 Seiten
...staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen, that strove To set her beauty's praise above The Sea-Nymphs, and their powers offended; Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore;... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1821 - 260 Seiten
...staid Wisdom's hue, Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their pow'rs offended ; Yet thou art higher far descended, Thee, bright hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 Seiten
...staid Wisdom's hue: Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem ; Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee, bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore... | |
 | 1822 - 284 Seiten
...staid Wisdom's hue: Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem ; Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee, bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 Seiten
...staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memuon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen, that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended; Yet thou art higher far descended: Thee bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore... | |
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