Sun Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths and Legends Concerning the Sun and Its WorshipG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1914 - 346 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 145 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream...
الصفحة 192 - Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon." And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.
الصفحة 55 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The...
الصفحة 219 - Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light. But oh ! she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
الصفحة 103 - Frodi, however bountiful to his thanes and people, was a hard task-master to his giant handmaidens. He kept them to the mill, nor gave them longer rest than the cuckoo's note lasted, or they could sing a song. But that quern was such that it ground anything that the grinder chose, though until then it had ground nothing but gold and peace. So the maidens ground and ground, and one sang their piteous tale in a strain worthy of ^Eschylus as the other rested — they prayed for rest and pity, but Frodi...
الصفحة 182 - Maui-tikitiki-o-Taranga, with his enchanted weapon. Alas! the sun screams aloud; he roars; Maui strikes him fiercely with many blows; they hold him for a long time. At last they let him go, and then, weak from wounds, the sun crept slowly along its course. Then was...
الصفحة 49 - I look upon the sunrise and sunset, on the daily return of day and night, on the battle between light and darkness, on the whole solar drama in all its details that is acted every day, every month, every year, in heaven and in earth, as the principal subject of early mythology.
الصفحة 182 - At last the sun came rising up out of his place, like a fire spreading far and wide over the mountains and forests, he rises up, his head passes through the noose, and it takes in more and more of his body, until his forepaws pass through; then are pulled tight the ropes, and the monster began to struggle and roll himself about, whilst the snare jerked backwards and forwards as he struggled. Ah! was not he held fast in the ropes of his enemies! Then forth rushed that bold hero, Maui-tikitiki-o-Taranga,...
الصفحة 302 - He analyzes the causes of these disharmonies and explains his reasons for hoping that they may be counteracted by a rational hygiene. 18.— The Solar System. A Study of Recent Observations. By Prof. CHARLES LANE POOR, Professor of Astronomy in Columbia University. 8°. Illustrated. Net, $2.00. The subject is presented in untechnical language and without the use of mathematics.
الصفحة 301 - A Selection from, the Catalogue of GP PUTNAM'S SONS Complete Catalogue...