Lillian White Spencer Quotes

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The Ram was once the golden fleece That bore Nephele's babes from Greece. He died to honor Zeus. Then, he Shone brighter than the brightest star In Jason's dream: who wandered far To bring his pelt to Thessaly.

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This is the sky-crab, named of old, Because here, so Chaldeans told, The sun seemed to move backward. These And other tales about hime teem Of mangers, hives, and gods. If dream They are delightful fantasies.

Lillian White Spencer

Once, as the gods were feasting while Sojourning by the river Nile Huge Typhon scared them. Off they ran And one dived eastward to escape: Since then he wears a sea-goat's shape Who really is the great go, Pan.

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On summer's south horizon, he Crawls in bright, baleful majesty: Antares is his old read heart, He slew Orion with his sting And since he did that horrid thing They circle heaven far apart.

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Two Fishes in the sky-deeps swim, Both elongated but quite dim Which seems to be a paradox: Because they lead the Zodiac, Are Famous in the almanac, And own the vernal equinox.

Lillian White Spencer

Lillian White Spencer

Lillian White Spencer

Born: 1876

Died: June 23, 1953 (aged 77)

Bio: Lilian White Spencer was a well-known Colorado poet. She was born in 1876 in Albany, New York. She was the fifth of nine children of Frederick W. and Catherine White. At the time of her birth, Spencer's father was a writer for and part owner of the Albany Union.

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