Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850-1928 · London, Rivingtons · leaf 326
s of Gower when he wrote— Sirenes of a wonder kind,Ben monstres as the bokes tellen.And in the grete see they dwellen ; 1 Nell ora, che non puo 1 oalor diurno,Intiepidar piu 1 freddo della Luna,Vinto da Terra o talor da Saturno.Me veime in sogno una femmina balba,Con gli occM guerci, e sovra i pi^… … PL 48. THE MYTH OF THE SIRENS. 173 Of body both and of visage,Like imto women of yonge age,Up fro the navel on high they be,And down benethe, as men may see,They bene of fishes the figiire, Confessio Amantis, I. He, too, knows of their wondrous singing. They raise So swete a stevenLike to the…
Homer · Mythology, Greek · Art and mythology · Art, Greek
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