. The poetical works of Edmund Clarence Stedman. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. ALECTRYON. GREAT Ares, whose tempestuous godhood foundDelight in those thick-tangled solitudesOf Hebrus, watered tracts of rugged Thrace, —Great Ares, scouring the Odrysian wilds,There met Alectryon, a Thracian boy,Stalwart beyond his years, and swift of footTo hunt from morn till eve the white-toothed hero, said the war-God, joined his bloodWith that of Hasmian nymph, to make thy formSo fair, thy soul so daring, and thy thewsSo lusty for the contest on the plainsWherein the fleet Odrysse tame their steeds ? From t
. The poetical works of Edmund Clarence Stedman. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. ALECTRYON. GREAT Ares, whose tempestuous godhood foundDelight in those thick-tangled solitudesOf Hebrus, watered tracts of rugged Thrace, —Great Ares, scouring the Odrysian wilds,There met Alectryon, a Thracian boy,Stalwart beyond his years, and swift of footTo hunt from morn till eve the white-toothed hero, said the war-God, joined his bloodWith that of Hasmian nymph, to make thy formSo fair, thy soul so daring, and thy thewsSo lusty for the contest on the plainsWherein the fleet Odrysse tame their steeds ? From that time forth the twain together chasedThe boar, or made their coursers cleave the breadthOf yellow Hebrus, and, through vales beyond,Drove the hot leopard foaming to his day by day Alectryon dearer grew 7 J 146 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. To the Gods restless spirit, till from Thrace He bore him, even to Olympos ; there Before him set immortal food and wine, That fairer youth and lustier strength might serve His henchman ; bade him bear h
Size: 2442px × 1023px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublisherbostonandnewyorkho
