Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 127 of 258
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# Page 109: Running Verse Text This is a page of running poetry numbered 109, containing what appears to be classical allusions in verse form. The text celebrates virtuous figures from mythology and legend—Bellerophon, Peleus, Hippolytus, and others—praising their resistance to temptation and their faithful devotion. References include figures resisting the advances of goddesses, refusing magical enchantments, and maintaining conjugal fidelity. The passage appears didactic in tone, celebrating chastity and virtue through mythological exemplars. No illustrations or advertisements are visible; the page consists entirely of printed poetic text on aged paper.
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f 109 First of the noble youths whose virtue shone - Conspicuous chief in Castabella’s train, They sing the firm unmoved Bellerophon; And. Peleus flying the Magnesian plain, Pur sued by all a wanton’s fierce disdain. You too, Hippolytus, their song's employ: t Beloved by Phedra, but beloved in vain; te! = honours of the Hebrew boy, | Which time. shall ne’er obscure, nor “idle scorn destr oy. / Nor was unsung whom on Hymettus’ brow The bright Aurora wooed with amorous care ; He, mindful of his sacred nuptial vow, Refused the goddess though celestial fair, Breathing pure perfumes and ambrosial air: Of wanton Circe’s baffled arts they tell, _ And him, too wise, her treacherous cup to share, Who scorned the enchantress, and her mystic spell, And all the Syrens’ arts could gloriously repel. The long tried virtue of his faithful spouse Now sweetly animates the tuneful string, Unsullied guardian of her virgin vows! Who twice ten years had wept her wandering king. Acastus’ mourning daughter next they sing ; 4 The chaste embrace Which clasped her husband’s shade: And thee, Dictynna! who, with daring spring, Called from the Cretan rock on Dian’s aid : And still the goddess loves her favourite luckless maid. ‘ comichbooks.com ‘