"UPON A LADY'S EMBROIDERY

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Bulfinch, Thomas
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"Arachne once, as poets tell, A goddess at her art defied, And soon the daring mortal fell The hapless victim of her pride.
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"O, then beware Arachne's fate; Be prudent, Chloe, and submit, For you'll most surely meet her hate, Who rival both her art and wit."
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Tennyson, in his "Palace of Art," describing the works of art with which the palace was adorned, thus alludes to Europa:
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"… sweet Europa's mantle blew unclasped From off her shoulder, backward borne, From one hand drooped a crocus, one hand grasped The mild bull's golden horn."
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In his "Princess" there is this allusion to Danae:
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"Now lies the earth all Danae to the stars, And all thy heart lies open unto me."

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Bulfinch's Mythology, Project Gutenberg eBook #4928

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