The Obsequies of Orpheus Read Before the Fortieth Annual Convention of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
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Excerpt from The Obsequies of Orpheus Read Before the Fortieth Annual Convention of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity: Washington, January Fifth 1887 The delight of the Gods was young Hellas to see On the breast, in the arms of the Ægean Sea, Where their fostering diligence lovingly spread Those munificent gifts that prosperity bred, Ere her warm heart was chilled by historical lore Or her fancy was curbed by the myths that it bore, When her garlanded grottoes supplied them a home And her valleys were gardens through which they might roam, When her fountains were clear as the light from the sun Where their daughters might bathe with their tresses undone, And the rills in her mountains from silver cascades Threw a sanctity over her evergreen glades, And each landscape reflected in river or stream Was the dwelling of deities held in esteem By a people as brave, as impassioned and free As e´er conquered the land, or were masters at sea, When her zephyrs were laden with perfume so sweet That it scented her groves to their inmost retreat Where the voice of their oracles, faithfully heard, Was allotting to each the success he preferred, When the future was known from the flight of a bird, And the brutes by omnipotent power were stirred, When the fairest of priestesses served at her shrines With a virginal purity sweet as her wines While adorning the altars with flowers and fruits Keeping time in their hymns to melifluous lutes, When the frame, and its creatures, were cordially bound In a kinship that nature rejoiced they had found, ´Twas a dream before waking to eminent deeds That were augured by Hellas´s mythical creeds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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