Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1887)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, Thomas L · Des Moines, Iowa : G.S. Cline · leaf 533
ongstwhich mosses, and ferns, andThere was the white narcissusand the purple tulip—the dark hyacinth 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… … JUNO (or Here). the green ivy were tangled. THE SLEEP OF ENDYMION. 517 he lay as still as if he were made of marble himself And 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…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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