Example Sentences

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“The sad death Of Hyacinthus, when the cruel breath Of Zephyr slew him—Zephyr penitent Who now, ere Phœbus mounts the firmament, Fondles the flower amid the sobbing rain.”

From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen

“Zephyr penitent, Who now, ere Phœbus mounts the firmament, Fondles the flower.”

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)