Parrhasius stood, gazing forgetfully Upon his canvas. There Prometheus lay, Chained to the cold rocks of Mount Caucasus— The vulture at his vitals, and the links Of the lame Lemnian festering in his flesh... Poems of Early and After Years - Seite 133von Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1848 - 410 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Frank Stuart Parker - 1887 - 160 Seiten
...magical they lay. Parrhasius stood gazing forgetfully Upon his canvas. There Prometheus lay Chained to the cold rocks of Mount Caucasus — The vulture...painter's mind felt through the dim Rapt mystery and plucked the shadows forth With its far-reaching fancy and with form And color dud them, his fine earnest... | |
| William J. Simmons, Henry McNeal Turner - 1887 - 1376 Seiten
...which he had upon the canvas, which was the picture of Prometheus Chained to the cold rocks of Mt. Caucasus The vulture at his vitals, and the links Of the lame Lemnian festering in his flesh. Assistants were standing by racking the slave in order that he might catch his dying countenance and... | |
| Frank Stuart Parker - 1887 - 154 Seiten
...magical they lay. Parrhasius stood gazing forgetfully Upon his canvas. There Prometheus lay Chained to the cold rocks of Mount Caucasus — The vulture at his vitals and the links Of tlu; liin;e lemnian festering in his flesh; And as the painter's mind felt through the dim Rapt mystery... | |
| Samuel Silas Curry - 1888 - 456 Seiten
...captive gazed. . . . 1'arrhasius stood, gazing forgetfully Upon his canvas. There Prometheus lay, Chained to the cold rocks of Mount Caucasus — The vulture at his vitals, and the links )f the lame Lemnian festering in his flesh; And, as the painter's mind felt through the dim, Rapt mystery,... | |
| 1889 - 220 Seiten
...and frenzied. T)ARRHASIUS stood, gazing forgetfully -t Upon his canvas. There Prometheus lay, Chained to the cold rocks of Mount Caucasus — The vulture...forth With its far-reaching fancy, and with form And color clad them, his fine, earnest eye Flash'd with a passionate fire, and the quick curl Of his thin... | |
| 1890 - 632 Seiten
...an* frenzied. T)ARRHASIUS stood, gazing forgetfully -t Upon his canvas. There Prometheus lay, Chained to the cold rocks of Mount Caucasus — The vulture...forth With its far-reaching fancy, and with form And color clad them, his fine, earnest eye Flash'd with a passionate fire, and the quick curl Of his thin... | |
| James Vincent Coombs - 1891 - 420 Seiten
...forgetfully Upon his canvas. There Prometheus lay, Chained to the cold rocks of Mount Caucasus, The vultures at his vitals, and the links Of the lame Lemnian festering...painter's mind felt through the dim, Rapt mystery, and plucked the shadows wild Forth with his reaching fancy, and with form And color clad them, his fine,... | |
| Almon Gunnison - 1893 - 252 Seiten
...the lines, — " Parrhasius stood, gazing forgetfully Upon his canvas. There Prometheus lay Chained to the cold rocks of Mount Caucasus — The vulture at his vitals." The light was not good, and the piece was new, and up the stove-pipe hole came the words, — " Pizarro... | |
| Margaret Sullivan Mooney - 1895 - 350 Seiten
...Willis, shows us a Grecian artist, 400 BC, painting a picture of Prometheus " Chained to the Cold rock of Mount Caucasus, The vulture at his vitals, and...links Of the lame Lemnian festering in his flesh." PANDORA. THE punishment devised by Zeus that he might be revenged on mankind for the favor shown men... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 954 Seiten
...the twilight air. Parrhasius stood, gazing forgetfully Upon his canvas. There Prometheus lay, Chained to the cold rocks of Mount Caucasus— The vulture...painter's mind felt through the dim, Rapt mystery, and plucked the shadows forth With its far reaching fancy, and with form And color clad them, his fine,... | |
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