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Pygmalion and the Image

By William Morris

2019-10-16 00:20:27

Excerpt.......At Amathus, that from the southern side Of Cyprus looks across the Syrian sea, There did in ancient time a man abide Known to the island-dwellers, for that he Had wrought most godlike works in imagery, And day by day still greater ... Read more
Excerpt.......At Amathus, that from the southern side Of Cyprus looks across the Syrian sea, There did in ancient time a man abide Known to the island-dwellers, for that he Had wrought most godlike works in imagery, And day by day still greater honor won, Which man our old books call Pygmalion. Yet in the praise of men small joy he had, But walked abroad with downcast, brooding face. Nor yet by any damsel was made glad; For, sooth to say, the women of that place Must seem to all men an accursed race, Who with the turner of all hearts once strove, So in their hearts must carry lust for love Less

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File size436.774 KB
Print pages76
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1298944313
William Morris was an English architect, furniture and textile designer, artist, writer, socialist and Marxist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement. ...

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