Glyn, Elinor, 1864-1943 / 2008-06-27 00:00:00

EBOOK HALCYONE ***


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HALCYONE

BY ELINOR GLYN
AUTHOR OF "THE REASON WHY," "HIS HOUR," "THREE WEEKS," ETC.

[Frontispiece]

1912

TO THE MEMORY
OF
MY KIND FRIEND
LORD ST. HELIER
WHOSE SYMPATHY WITH MY CLASSICAL STUDIES
SO GREATLY ENCOURAGED THEM

[Greek: DRASANTI PATHEIN]

_"And now they are past the last blue headland and in the open sea; and
there is nothing round them but the waves and the sky and the wind. But
the waves are gentle and the sky is clear, and the breeze is tender and
low; for these are the days when Halcyone and Ceyx build their nest and
no storms ever ruffle the pleasant summer sea. And who were Halcyone and
Ceyx? Halcyone was a fairy maiden, the daughter of the beach and of the
wind. And she loved a sailor-boy and married him; and none on earth were
so happy as they. But at last Ceyx was wrecked; and before he could swim
to the shore, the billows swallowed him up. And Halcyone saw him
drowning and leapt into the sea to him; but in vain.
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