Idylls of Greece

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Excerpt from Idylls of Greece: First Series Idas And Marpessa Now, once again, with lute of ivory And lower'd eyes, I sing the olden tales Of olden loves, of lovers who were lured In other days more beautiful than these By chilly Death from earth's bright winsomeness, Who whisper now in his grey underworld Of unforgotten kisses and vain sighs, Of trembling hands that touch'd so tenderly The dear, warm body in the Long Ago. A little while and each of us must pass Where these are waiting, where no horned moon, Star-follow'd and benignant, pours o'er men Her constant pity, where no sun looks down And mocks endeavor. In eternal hush There meet the old-time lovers, and the air 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.