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Page iii
... Circe anD HER WINE IN GARDENS NEAR THE PALE OF PROSERPINE , WHERE THAT AEGAEAN ISLE FORGETS THE MAIN , AND ONLY THE LOW LUTES OF LOVE COMPLAIN , AND ONLY SHADOWS OF WAN LOVERS PINE , AS SUCH AN ONE WERE GLAD TO KNOW THE BRINE SALT ON ...
... Circe anD HER WINE IN GARDENS NEAR THE PALE OF PROSERPINE , WHERE THAT AEGAEAN ISLE FORGETS THE MAIN , AND ONLY THE LOW LUTES OF LOVE COMPLAIN , AND ONLY SHADOWS OF WAN LOVERS PINE , AS SUCH AN ONE WERE GLAD TO KNOW THE BRINE SALT ON ...
Page 129
... Circe on a time had taught him . Then straightway the housewife bade him go to the bath and bathe him ; and he saw the warm water and was glad , for he was not wont to be so cared for , from the day that he left the house of fair ...
... Circe on a time had taught him . Then straightway the housewife bade him go to the bath and bathe him ; and he saw the warm water and was glad , for he was not wont to be so cared for , from the day that he left the house of fair ...
Page 135
... Circe of Aia , would have stayed me in her halls , longing to have me for her lord . But never did they prevail upon my heart within my breast . So surely is there nought sweeter than a man's own country and his parents , even though he ...
... Circe of Aia , would have stayed me in her halls , longing to have me for her lord . But never did they prevail upon my heart within my breast . So surely is there nought sweeter than a man's own country and his parents , even though he ...
Page 153
... Circe into swine , and how he went himself , and by the help of Hermes recovered them and stayed with Circe a year . ' THEN We came to the isle Aeolian , where dwelt Aeolus , son of Hippotas , dear to the deathless gods , in a floating ...
... Circe into swine , and how he went himself , and by the help of Hermes recovered them and stayed with Circe a year . ' THEN We came to the isle Aeolian , where dwelt Aeolus , son of Hippotas , dear to the deathless gods , in a floating ...
Page 157
... Circe of the braided tresses , an awful goddess of mortal speech , own sister to the wizard Aeetes . Both were be- gotten of Helios , who gives light to all men , and their mother was Perse , daughter of Oceanus . There on the shore we ...
... Circe of the braided tresses , an awful goddess of mortal speech , own sister to the wizard Aeetes . Both were be- gotten of Helios , who gives light to all men , and their mother was Perse , daughter of Oceanus . There on the shore we ...
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