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 (1882)
Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 533
and fhe green ivy were tangled. There 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 lay;leeping on the marble steps of the temple. It was Endymion,.^ho 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 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 behind the hill,and the rich glow of the…
Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities
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