. Stories of old Greece . music. So Eurydice became Orpheus companion, and theywandered through the vales and over the hills, and to-gether they watched the flocks. But one day, Apollosent Orpheus on a journey to a far country to whichhe could not take Eurydice. How lonely it seemed to the poor little dawn-maiden !She could not play with the star-children and be happyas before, so she wandered off by herself. i/ One day. while she was walking through a field andfilling her arms with morning-glories, she chanced tostep upon a serpent which was coiled up in the bit the tender little foo
. Stories of old Greece . music. So Eurydice became Orpheus companion, and theywandered through the vales and over the hills, and to-gether they watched the flocks. But one day, Apollosent Orpheus on a journey to a far country to whichhe could not take Eurydice. How lonely it seemed to the poor little dawn-maiden !She could not play with the star-children and be happyas before, so she wandered off by herself. i/ One day. while she was walking through a field andfilling her arms with morning-glories, she chanced tostep upon a serpent which was coiled up in the bit the tender little foot, and presently Em\ydicebegan to feel sick. The bite of the serpent was poison-ous, and dropping down by the bank of the streamwhere she had first seen Orpheus, she died. Here thestar-children found her, and they hastened to meetOrpheus on his return, and told him the sad story. Orpheus was speechless with grief. He hung hislyre on a branch and refused to be happy, but weptand moaned for Eurydice. In tones of sorrow, the. EURYDICE. 78 STORIES OF OLD GREECE. birds and squirrels told their sympathy; and thenightingale, his dearest friend among birds, perchedupon his shoulder, trilling a sweet little song ofregret and sadness. At last Orpheus thought hewould try to find Eurydice. Orpheus wandered far away from Thessaly, into theRegion of the Blessed, for it was here that he thoughtEurydice must have gone. He had first to pass throughAides regions; and you know this was a difficult thingto do. Upon his arrival at the rock-hewn gates, beforewhich Cerberus kept guard, the three-headed dogrushed forward, growling angrily. Orpheus satdown upon a rock, and played upon his lyre. Therecame a change in the u°lv monster. One of the o O J heads ceased to look angrily ; then the other headceased to show its teeth ; and at length the dog cameforward to lick the hands of the sweet player, andOrpheus passed in safety. When he came to theriver Styx, Charon glared coldly at him. demandinghow a m
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