Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pages |
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... wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wild beasts of the island , and the satyr shall cry to his fellow ; the screech owl also shall rest there . . . . There shall the great owl make her nest and lay and hatch . . . there shall ...
... wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wild beasts of the island , and the satyr shall cry to his fellow ; the screech owl also shall rest there . . . . There shall the great owl make her nest and lay and hatch . . . there shall ...
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... wild scenery around ; all are unique . There it stands , as it has stood for ages , in beauty and loneliness ; the generations which admired and rejoiced over it of old have passed away ; the wild Arab , as he wanders by , regards it ...
... wild scenery around ; all are unique . There it stands , as it has stood for ages , in beauty and loneliness ; the generations which admired and rejoiced over it of old have passed away ; the wild Arab , as he wanders by , regards it ...
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... wild Arcadian mountains , calls for no restoration beyond the return of its frieze from the British Museum . The great statue of the god is gone , and might be replaced by one of the many now in galleries . The aesthetic impact of ...
... wild Arcadian mountains , calls for no restoration beyond the return of its frieze from the British Museum . The great statue of the god is gone , and might be replaced by one of the many now in galleries . The aesthetic impact of ...
Contents
THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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