 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
 | James Hobbs Hanson, William James Rolfe - 1867 - 558 Seiten
...and Andromeda were afterwards placed among the stars. Milton, in // Penserosa, speaks of Cassiope as that starred Ethiop queen, that strove To set her...praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended. 671. Ammon, or Hammon, was an Ethiopian deity whom the Greeks and Romans identified with Zeus, or Jupiter.... | |
 | Acrostics - 1867 - 302 Seiten
...stern heart's core, And wherever at night they tarried, Rose a cross to Eleanore." 6. " Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their power offended." 7. " But the deep hills pealed with a cry ere long, When the Christians burst on the... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 Seiten
...with black, staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above 20 The sea-nymphs', and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended: Thee bright-haired... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 192 Seiten
...Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem. Or that starr'd Etliiop 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;... | |
 | 1870 - 464 Seiten
...with black, staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above 20 The sea-nymphs', and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-haired... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 Seiten
...with black, staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above 20 The sea-nymphs', and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-haired... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 472 Seiten
...with black, staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above 20 The sea-nymphs', and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-haired... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 92 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... | |
 | 1872 - 900 Seiten
...black, staid wisdom's hue, — Black, but such as in esteem Prince Menmon's sister might beseem, Or that starred 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-haired Vesta, long of yore. To solitary Saturn bore,... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1872 - 464 Seiten
...as " The Lady in her Chair." [Written also Cassiepeia.] [Gr. Kao-criojrï), KaffffiOTTeia.] ( GT. ф That starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's...praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended. Hilton. Cas'tâ-ly. A poetical form of Castalia, the name of a spring at the foot of Mt. Parnassus,... | |
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