Apollonius of Rhodes - Fair Quotes

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Remote, Medea's fair attendants moan,
Cling round their queen, and groan return for groan.
As when a nest, surcharg'd with callow young,
Falls from the lofty cliff to which it clung,
Th' unfeather'd brood by shrillest cries attest
Their far-flown mother, and their ruin'd nest:
As on the banks Pactolus' streams bedew,
Melodious swans their dying notes renew;
The rivers, gliding the rich vales among,
Bear on their silver streams the soothing song.

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As some fair dame, when Cynthia rises bright,
Beholds the beamy splendours with delight,
Which from her vestment strong-reflected rise;
Thus gloried Jason in the glistering prize.
The flaming rays, that from its surface flow'd,
Beam'd on his cheeks, and on his forehead glow'd.

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How o'er the new-created world below,
On high Olympus' summits crown'd with snow
Ophion, and, from ocean sprung of old,
The fair Eurynome reign'd uncontroll'd:
How haughty Saturn, with superior sway,
Exil'd Ophion from the realms of day.

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When, lo! a Halcyon, of cerulean hue,
O'er the fair head of slumbering Jason flew,
In airy circles, wondrous to behold,
And, screaming loud, the ceasing storm foretold.

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Fronting the door, all lovely and alone,
Sat Cytherea on a polish'd throne.
Adown the shoulders of the heavenly fair,
In easy ringlets flow'd her flaxen hair;
And with a golden comb, in matchless grace,
She taught each lock its most becoming place.

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For Jason beam'd in beauty's charms so bright,
The maid admiring, languish'd with delight.
Thus when the rising sun appears in view,
On the fair rose dissolves the radiant dew.

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