Stories from Ovid [selected from the Metamorphoses] with notes by R.W. Taylor |
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... maiden of surpassing beauty and very fleet of foot , wishful to preserve her maiden state , refuses to marry any suitor who shall not first vanquish her in a public race . At last comes Hippo- menes , and instructed by Venus wins the ...
... maiden of surpassing beauty and very fleet of foot , wishful to preserve her maiden state , refuses to marry any suitor who shall not first vanquish her in a public race . At last comes Hippo- menes , and instructed by Venus wins the ...
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... maiden . She , struck by his noble bearing , feels for him a pity which is akin to love , ' and vainly tries to dissuade him from the trial . Non tamen eventu iuvenis deterritus horum Constitit in medio , vultuque in virgine fixo 66 125 ...
... maiden . She , struck by his noble bearing , feels for him a pity which is akin to love , ' and vainly tries to dissuade him from the trial . Non tamen eventu iuvenis deterritus horum Constitit in medio , vultuque in virgine fixo 66 125 ...
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... maiden goddess Diana . She has refused all suitors , and is bent on remaining unwedded : but her very coldness only increases Apollo's love . ( 132 p . 139 , Cid . Vitta coercebat positos sine lege capillos ; Multi illam petiere : illa ...
... maiden goddess Diana . She has refused all suitors , and is bent on remaining unwedded : but her very coldness only increases Apollo's love . ( 132 p . 139 , Cid . Vitta coercebat positos sine lege capillos ; Multi illam petiere : illa ...
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... maiden . Hanc quoque Phoebus amat , positaque in stipite dextra Sentit adhuc trepidare novo sub cortice pectus , 1403 100 Complexusque suis ramos , ut membra , lacertis II . ( 1 ) Oscula dat ligno ; refugit tamen oscula lignum . Cui ...
... maiden . Hanc quoque Phoebus amat , positaque in stipite dextra Sentit adhuc trepidare novo sub cortice pectus , 1403 100 Complexusque suis ramos , ut membra , lacertis II . ( 1 ) Oscula dat ligno ; refugit tamen oscula lignum . Cui ...
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... maiden . " Ile slays the monster ( This story is prettily told by Mr. Morris in The Earthly Paradise , ' as part of the Doom of Acrisius , ' and by Mr. Kingsley in his poem ' Andromeda . ' ) Cassiopeia , wife of Cepheus , boasted of her ...
... maiden . " Ile slays the monster ( This story is prettily told by Mr. Morris in The Earthly Paradise , ' as part of the Doom of Acrisius , ' and by Mr. Kingsley in his poem ' Andromeda . ' ) Cassiopeia , wife of Cepheus , boasted of her ...
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Seite 117 - And all their echoes, mourn. The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays.
Seite 93 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Seite 53 - Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Seite 34 - Not that fair field Of Enna, where Proserpine gathering flowers, Herself a fairer flower by gloomy Dis Was gathered, which cost Ceres all that pain To seek her through the world...
Seite 72 - The daughter of the Sun, whose charmed cup Whoever tasted lost his upright shape, And downward fell into a grovelling swine...
Seite 115 - Thy stone, O Sisyphus, stands still, Ixion rests upon his wheel, And the pale spectres dance : The Furies sink upon their iron beds, And snakes uncurl'd hang listening round their heads.
Seite 15 - ... inventum medicina meum est, opiferque per orbem dicor, et herbarum subiecta potentia nobis: ei mihi, quod nullis amor est sanabilis herbis, nee prosunt domino, quae prosunt omnibus, artes!
Seite 111 - Under the trees now tripped, now solemn stood, Nymphs of Diana's train, and Naiades, With fruits and flowers from Amalthea's horn, And ladies of the Hesperides, that seemed Fairer than feigned of old, or fabled since Of faery damsels, met in forest wide By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, Lancelot, or Pelleas, or Pellenore.
Seite 113 - Of dragon-watch, with unenchanted eye, To save her blossoms and defend her fruit From the rash hand of bold Incontinence.