As Laïs obtained ascendency over the cynical spirit of Diogenes, so does the moonlight, brightly beautiful, overcome the retired and moody darkness of this glade. And, like Phryne,—whose charms exposed before the judges saved her from sentence of death, and whose beauty inspired the sculptor Praxiteles when he modelled the Venus of Knidos, also Apelles when he painted Venus rising from the sea,—so does the naked moon fill with wondering awe the bosoms of the hills and streams, mastering and compelling them with her beauty.
Nature-notes and impressions : in prose and verse / by Madison Cawein [electronic text]
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- Nature-notes and impressions : in prose and verse / by Madison Cawein [electronic text]
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- Cawein, Madison Julius, 1865-1914
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- New York: E.P. Dutton and Company
- 1906
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"Nature-notes and impressions : in prose and verse / by Madison Cawein [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAP5363.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.