Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 343
avenward, but from the hoof-print gushed forth Hippocrene (Horse-foun-tain), whose waters gave poetic inspiration toall who drank thereof. The poor vanquishedmaidens were then punished for their presump-tion by being changed into magpies. The stories which the ancients told concern-ing the Muses… … 189.K THE DAUGHTERS OF ZEUS. 907 be represented. I shall attempt to tell you,however, only the things which were mostwidely believed concerning them.When Pope said, A little learning is a dangerous thing;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring, he followed the story which says they lived…
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