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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...wrestled best, besmeared with oil, Or who with gauntlets gave or took the foil, I will not tell you, nor would you attend; But briefly haste to my long story's end. I pass the rest; the year was fully mourned, 2280 And Palamon long since to Thebes returned: When, by the Grecians' general consent. At Athens Theseus held his parliament; Among the laws that passed, it was decreed, That conquered Thebes from bondage should be freed; Reserving homage to the Athenian throne, To which the sovereign summoned Palamon. Unknowing of the cause, he took his way, Mournful in mind, and still in black array. The monarch mounts the throne, and, placed on high, Commands into the court the beauteous Emily. 2291 So called, she came; the senate rose, and paid Becoming reverence to the royal maid. And first, soft whispers through the assembly went; With silent wonder then they watched the event; All hushed, the King arose with awful grace; Deep thought was in his breast, and counsel in his face: At length he sighed, and having first prepared The attentive audience, thus his will declared: "The Cause and Spring of motion from above 2300 "Hung down on earth the golden chain of Love; "Great was the effect, and high was his intent, "When peace among the jarring seeds he sent; "Fire, flood, and earth and air by this were bound, "And Love, the common link, the new creation crowned. "The chain still holds; for though the forms decay, "Eternal matter never wears away: "The same first mover certain bounds has placed, "How long those perishable forms shall last; "Nor can they last beyond the time assigned 2310 "By that all-seeing and all-making Mind: "Shorten their hours they may, for will is free, "But never pass the appointed destiny. "So men oppressed, when weary of...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458895585 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458895580 |
| Weight | 0.38 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.26 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 108 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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