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THE POETICAL WORKS OF
LEWIS MORRIS
VOLUME TWO
THE EPIC OF HADES
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1885
Then with wings Of gold we soared, I looking in his eyes Over yon dark broad river, and this dim land.
Then with wings
Of gold we soared, I looking in his eyes
Over yon dark broad river, and this dim land.
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THE EPIC OF HADES
IN THREE BOOKS
BY
LEWIS MORRIS
M.A.; HONORARY FELLOW OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXFORD
KNIGHT OF THE REDEEMER OF GREECE, ETC., ETC.
"DIFFICILE EST PROPRIE COMMUNIA DICERE"
NINETEENTH EDITION.
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1885
"The three excellences of Poetry: simplicity of language, simplicity of subject, and simplicity of invention"—The Welsh Triads.
(The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved.)
TO ALL
WHO LOVE THE LITERATURE OF GREECE
THIS POEM IS DEDICATED
BY
THE AUTHOR.