Gay Gods and Merry Mortals
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Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Shores, Robert James) |
Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Gay Gods and Merry Mortals: Some Excursions in Verse Gay Gods and Merry Mortals Proem. Some ancient tales of Pagan days The author of this book relates Explaining how in divers ways The gods displayed their human traits; And how they oft in other years Set human beings by the ears. Belike these rhymes recall to you The jingles of the poet Saxe; The poet here is Saxon, too, And so must needs relate his facts In such a way that they are clear And suited to the Saxon ear. Some anecdotes which Homer told You´ll miss in this; but reader, pray Consider, what was good of old Would never pass the mails to-day. And hence this history belated Has been - well, slightly expurgated. 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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