Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 229
are wondering why the sun doesnot rise. Do remember, my boy, not to use thewhip, and to choose a path across the heavens whichis neither too high nor too low. With but scant attention to his fathers advice,Phaethon gave the word to his steeds and dashedout of the gates which Aurora opened for… … IN VAIN PHAETHON PULLED AT THE REINS promptly became unmanageable. In vain Phae-thon pulled at the reins; in vain he called the steedsby name. Up the sky they dashed, and then, firstto the south, then to the north, they took theirzigzag course across the heavens. What a sight itmust have presented…
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