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Sonntag, 15. September 2019

A BOOK OF MYTHS illustrated by HELEN STRATTON

Helen Isobel Mansfield Ramsey Stratton (1867–1961) was a British artist and book illustrator.


 "WHAT HE WAS DOING, THE GREAT GOD PAN, DOWN IN THE REEDS BY THE RIVER?"
Frontispiece



 PANDORA OPENED THE LID

 THEN PYGMALION COVERED HIS EYES

 SHE CHECKED HER HOUNDS, AND STOOD BESIDE ENDYMION

 SWIFTLY HE TURNED, AND FOUND HIS WIFE BEHIND HIM

 THUS DID PSYCHE LOSE HER FEAR, AND ENTER THE GOLDEN DOORS

 SHE STOPPED, AND PICKED UP THE TREASURE

 MARPESSA SAT ALONE BY THE FOUNTAIN

 THEY WHIMPERED AND BEGGED OF HIM

 DARKNESS FELL ON THE EYES OF HYACINTHUS

 A GREY COLD MORNING FOUND HER ON THE SEASHORE

 GODS AND MEN REJOICED AT THE BRINGING BACK OF PROSERPINE

 SHE HAUNTED HIM LIKE HIS SHADOW

 COMBING HER LONG GOLDEN HAIR WITH A COMB OF RED GOLD

 FREYA SAT SPINNING THE CLOUDS

 "BALDUR THE BEAUTIFUL IS DEAD"

 A STROKE SHIVERED THE SWORD

 ROLAND SEIZED ONCE MORE HIS HORN

 ONE TOUCH FOR EACH WITH A MAGICAL WAND OF THE DRUIDS

 SHE HELD IT AGAINST HER BREAST


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