Porter, Jermain G · Boston : Ginn & Company · leaf 154
after his disastrous driye in the chariot ofthe smi, was hurled into the riyer Eridanus, Cycnuslingered about the spot^ and frequently plunged beneaththe flood, seeking some relic of his lost companion.But the eods finally erew anery and changred him intoa swan; and therefore it is that this bird… … CYGNUS, THE SWAN 97 His voice was lessened as he tried to speak,And issued through a long extended neck:His hair transforms to down ; his fingers meetIn skinny films, and shape his oary feet : From both his sides the wings and feathers break.And from his mouth proceeds a blunted beak:All Cycnus now…
Constellations · Mythology
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