A Beauty of Thebes and Other Verses

Title

en_US A Beauty of Thebes and Other Verses

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US John Goadby Gregory

Creator

en_US Gregory, John Goadby

Date

2016-01-25T19:59:30Z

en_US 2009-06

en_US 1892

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:59:30Z

Date Issued

en_US 1892

Abstract

en_US Gregory's verses reflect Aesop at several points. The Clay God is Aesop's fable. The moral may not be the one Aesop had in mind: /The world is like the heathen's god./Petition it in humble strain,/And you may supplicate in vain./But raise a strong right arm and strike,/And you can have whate'er you like./From Aesop (28) has four good verse renditions of Aesop's fables. The first is The Stag at the Pool. The moral: Beauty is made to be admired;/But use is more to be desired. CJ finishes nicely: The world's way is to underrate/What it can not appreciate. A line design of Walter Crane's sets up the third rendition, Juno and the Peacock. The fourth has the two thirsty frogs pondering over jumping into a well. Reader, in mind the moral keep,/Look--always look!--before you leap. The title-poem is last in this collection. It is a wistful, meditative look at a beautiful person who died 3000 years ago.

Identifier

en_US 6858 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82164

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Printed for the Author

en_US Milwaukee, WI

Subject

en_US PS3513.R563 B4 1892

en_US Aesop et al

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole