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 561
ome,fair as the s o ftclouds which gatherround the dyingsun. Then Her-akles bade thembear him to the highcrest of Oita andgather wood. Sov/hen all was ready,he lay down to rest,and they kindled thegreat pile. Theblack mists werespreading over thesky, but still Hera-kles sought to gazeon the fair… … JOPITER (o/- Zeus irith /us riitinderholt) THE TOILS OF HERAKLES, 545 Blacker and blacker grew the evening shades, and only thelong line of light broke the darkness which gathered round theblazing pile. Then from the high heaven came down the thickcloud, and the din of its thunder crashed through…
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