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 399
, but from the box there came,with a rushing sound, the spirit of sleep. Thisspirit seized upon Psyche and laid her by the road-side in a sleep resembling death, and here she mighthave slept for all time, had not Cupid, wanderingby, spied her. Bending over her, he kissed her;then he wrestled with… … CUPID SPIED PSYCHE SLEEPING speechless with happiness at beholding him again,once through thy curiosity I was lost to thee; thistime thou wast almost lost to me. Never againmust I leave thee; never must thou be absent frommy sight. Together, then, they hastened to Olympus, thedwelling of the gods:…
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