This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...stream, Now the deep shadowed valley and the cave; Descending ever to my darkened throne. Persephone (awaking). How dark! Where am I? Whence is this cool wind Which fans my brow and bids my sense return! Why didst thou strive, O Helios, jealous grown, To bring my bright-haired mother to despair? But I am better! Mother ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...stream, Now the deep shadowed valley and the cave; Descending ever to my darkened throne. Persephone (awaking). How dark! Where am I? Whence is this cool wind Which fans my brow and bids my sense return! Why didst thou strive, O Helios, jealous grown, To bring my bright-haired mother to despair? But I am better! Mother! mother dear! I did not disobey thee! Where art thou? AIDONEUS. 'T is T, my child, am with thee! Still thou art But half awakened; I have brought thee safe, And charioted in gold with flying steeds, Far from the bright hot world, that thou mightst sleep In peace, nor know the trouble mortals know. PERSEPHONE. Where is my mother? 'T is no grief of mine Of which 1 speak! Bring thou me back to her! Wilt not? Then will I call to her, and she, --And she, though hidden in her inmost cave, Or swept by clashing sheaths of the grown corn. Would hear, and come, and answer. She calls and listens, then calls again. AIDONEUS. No voice returns to touch the ear of earth From these my kingdoms! We are past the bounds Where voices move the Spirit of the Air, Bidding him fly to seek the one they love. The bitter striving and pale agony, The disobedient heart that endless beats Forever on the boundaries I have placed, These may alone be heard, and to the light Of day and dreams of night bring awful shapes. A multitude of shadows approach; Persephone ana Aidoneus disappear among them. Hecate (turning slowly fromher dark retreat toward the earth). I heard a mortal cry, a cry of pain! I thought the voice was of Persephone; Now will I give Denieter all my light, And hang in peace above her restless soul. I may not smile upon the face of grief And bid it smile again! I only move Serene on my one errand, and behold The clouds succeed, --then, after clouds, the sun. We .
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