King, C. W. (Charles William), 1818-1888 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 281
ws,But burns with lust, and through the furnace goes.For when she plunged in deep Euphrates wavesA fishs form the flying Venus saves,Scaping the furious Typhon, monster dread,With serpent-legs, with dragon-wings outspread.The goddess yet holds fast her chosen placeAnd fills with her own fires the… … SUBJECTS OF THE DESIGNS ON GEMS. Every experienced collector must have remarked the frequency withwhich particular subjects are repeated upon gems ; many, indeed, fromcauses obvious enough upon a little consideration of their nature;whilst, on the other hand, the paucity of certain types,…
Gems · Rings · Classical antiquities · Art, Ancient
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