Museum of antiquity : a description of ancient life : the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, T. L · New York : Standard Pub. House · leaf 547
, and the green ivv were tangled. There was the white narcissusand the purple tulip—the dark hvacinth and the soft red rose.But more beautiful than all the trees and flowers, a man laysleeping on the marble steps of the temple. It was Endymion,who lived in this quiet valley, where the storms never… … THE SLEEP OF ENDYMION. 517 he la} as still as if he were made of marble himself x\nd asshe looked upon him, Selene drew in her breath for wonder; andshe went gently down the valley till she came to the steps whereEndymion lay asleep. Presently the sun sank behind the hill,and the rich glow of the…
Civilization, Ancient · Classical antiquities
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