| 单词 | Lethe |
| 例句 | She explained how Percy had met Bob, wiped his memory in the River Lethe, and left him in the care of Hades. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The only sound comes from the gently flowing stream of Lethe, the river of forgetfulness, where the waters murmuring entice to sleep. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Anchises led Aeneas to Lethe, the river of forgetfulness, of which the souls on their way to live again in the world above must all drink. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And a few years before that, he’d fought a Titan on the banks of the Lethe, near Hades’s palace. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Wash their memories clean in the Lethe and bring them to the- Lotus Hotel. Zeus will not harm them there.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “No, dear friend; this journey belongs to me. One who dies must cross the river Lethe alone. And though I live still, from this world I must be gone.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Above the mantel, a dark tree branch dripped milky water from the River Lethe into a bowl. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Was the water of the Styx flowing beneath his fingers, or maybe the Lethe? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Others were doused with liquid Lethe and stared blankly around them, no longer sure where they were or even who they were. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I was hanging in that block of ice suspended over the River Lethe for six months, and we didn’t even get any media attention.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In this alt-Yale, Lethe is charged with regulating the magic practiced at the eight most powerful of Yale’s famous secret societies, known here as the Ancient Eight or the Houses of the Veil. A Star of Y.A. Imagines a Supernatural Ivy League in Her Debut for Adults 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z The underground pool bears echoes of Lethe, the river of forgetfulness in the classical Greek underworld of Hades. Julie Otsuka Dives Into the Underground World of the Community Pool 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z It's less a lethal than a Lethean weapon, ie something resembling the river Lethe's mind-numbing waters which induce eternal forgetfulness of everything but better films on the same subject. Cop Out 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z But Sarah Ruhl's writing does not translate well across the pond – or over Lethe. Before I Sleep; Eurydice; Macbeth 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z She was referring to Alex, the star of “Ninth House,” a traumatized freshman whose work for Lethe is both painful and revelatory. A Star of Y.A. Imagines a Supernatural Ivy League in Her Debut for Adults 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z It is the innocence suggested by Lethe’s namesake, the mythical river whose waters cause forgetting. “The Divers’ Game,” Jesse Ball’s Unnerving Parable of a Country That Feigns Innocence 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z It is up to the student delegates of the House of Lethe to keep things from going supernaturally sideways as these organizations perform the rites that build their wealth and eminence. Review | After dominating YA, Leigh Bardugo delivers a fantasy novel for adults with ‘Ninth House’ 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The newest recruit to Lethe is Galaxy Stern, who has a very troubled past and, relatedly, has the rare and quite awful ability to see ghosts. Leigh Bardugo Brews a Witchy Tale of Ghosts, Dark Magic and Murder 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Except for Lethe, all the secret societies featured in the novel actually exist. Review | After dominating YA, Leigh Bardugo delivers a fantasy novel for adults with ‘Ninth House’ 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the dean of the college does secret double duty as the faculty liaison with a shadowy organization called Lethe House. A Star of Y.A. Imagines a Supernatural Ivy League in Her Debut for Adults 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z But I am looking forward to tasting the waters of Lethe, and enjoying sweet, rabbit-free sleep. Finding a Fortune in the Market for Bliss 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z For humor and sheer poetry of expression, it’s hard to beat Lethe Jackson’s letter to Virginia Campbell on April 18, 1838. The forced absence of slavery: Rare letters to a Virginia governor give voice to the faceless and forgotten 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Hannah Valentine and another slave, Lethe Jackson, were left to care for Montcalm but dictated a series of letters sent to their loved ones in Richmond and to the Campbells. Garden dedicated in memory of separated slave families 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z Explosions again, probably from the Al‑Lethe front. ‘I was terribly wrong’ - writers look back at the Arab spring five years on 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Vainly did cruel Death attempt to stay The rumor of thy virtuous renown, That Lethe's waters could not wash away! Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z After leaving the joyless regions of Pluto’s realm, and following the even course of the Lethe River, the ancients fancied one reached a large cave in a remote and quiet valley. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Years later, when Lethe Jackson died, the enslaved families held a wake in the basement, mourning and singing spirituals. The forced absence of slavery: Rare letters to a Virginia governor give voice to the faceless and forgotten 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Or, take a slide down the banisters with the young Cherubs, and perchance you may touch bottom—in Lethe. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z But on this particular morning the sunshine was so pleasant, the wind so balmy, that he walked halfway across the Close as if the river of Lethe flowed fathoms deep over Mr. Swainson's plot. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z To those who have lost such emotions, what is left but Lethe? Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Or I am mad, or else this is a dream:— Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep; If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep! Twelfth Night or, What You Will 2012-02-18T03:00:14.920Z The home of the tobacco-plant is the same land where the poppy of oblivion blossoms, the silent shores between which flows the stream of Lethe. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z She would have to be taken abroad for change of scene, and, peradventure, in a foreign land might find the brook of Lethe. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z An unlimited supply of the water of Lethe, pater? Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z I say the shores of death and sleep Are one; that when we, wearied, come To Lethe’s waters, and lie dumb, ’T is death, not sleep, holds us to keep. Songs of the Mexican Seas 2012-02-06T03:00:16.913Z The Water-of-Solace, too, was a more complex invention than the Water of Lethe, for the Fijians, whose emotions are transient, make their Lethe an excuse for the shortness of their mourning for the dead. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z When we have done penance, and are purified, and have drunk of the fountain of Lethe and bathed in the fountain of Eunoe, the mistress of our soul raises us to the Paradise of Heaven. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z In Saxo we find an idea related to the antique Lethe myth, according to which the liquids and plants which belong to the lower world produce forgetfulness of the past. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z When the sufferer finally thirsts after and seeks the river of Lethe, then he must become a hero to be certain of finding it. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z No drink was allowed but the water from the brook, whose ripples were like the river Lethe, for they contained the elements of oblivion and death. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z Then Lord Anchises, 'The spirits for whom a second life And body are destined ar' arriving thirsty to Lethe, And here drink th' unmindful draught from wells of oblivyon. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z Virgil and other classical writers mention a mythical river Lethe which was supposed to surround Hades. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z When they had passed many ages in this blissful abode they returned to earth, but before doing so, they drank of the river Lethe, that they might forget the happiness they had enjoyed. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z “I have drunk of the waters of Lethe,” she said, looking up at him after a silence. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z The good stream or lake that well repaid his skill and patience in the use of his rod, was almost to him for a season, a Lethe between him and beautiful France. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z A sparkling cup remained for me, The brimming fount of Family; This I am still drinking, Since, to my thinking, Good wine beads here, Flagons of cheer, Nor laps the soul In Lethe's bowl. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z Milton speaks of the mythical stream in the following passage from "Paradise Lost:" "Far off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls her watery labyrinth." Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The votary was first purified by solemn ablutions; then, after offering sacrifice, and drinking of a water called Lethe, or oblivion, he descended by means of ladders into the first, or upper cavern. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z For such a one there are no waters of Lethe, cry for them as he will. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Who hath beheld thy caverns where, in heaps, The wines of Lethe and Love's witchery, In sealéd Amphoræ a sibyl keeps, World-old, for ever guarded secretly?— Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z “If death so taste Lethean springs,” as to leave a trace on the soul of what had happened upon earth—the Poet here makes Lethe produce remembrance, instead of forgetfulness, which is its normal effect. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z A long list of words was presented, from which Dr. Morton selected the term letheon, related to the Lethe of Virgil and the classical writers. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Lethe was also a river of Hell; the name means oblivion; it is so called, because when the dead drank of its waters, they forgot all that had passed upon this earth. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The Utopia of the wise, the Lethe forbidden to the lips of genius. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z He drew from the Lethe of madness the dark draught of oblivion of the present; only when he knelt did he see mirrored in the stream his lacerated form and a cloudy heaven. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z "Shout, Hellas, shout! the lord of joy is come, Bearing the mortal Lethe in his hands, To wake the wailing lips of Sorrow dumb, To bind sad Memory's eyes with rosy bands: Io, io, Bacche!" The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z And if she should hear, God forbid we should what people call, settle—turn into a pond, a stagnant Lethe—a vile crescent, row or buildings. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Islands of Lethe where exotic boughs Bend with their burden of strange fruit bowed down. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z A giant as we hoped, in truth a dwarf; A barrel of slop that shines on Lethe's wharf, Which seemed at first a vessel with sweet wine For thirsty lips. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z "I would drink of no Lethe, not in the first case, still less in the last,–no!" Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z Perhaps that’s why the Greeks had Charon ferry the dead across Lethe, the drowsy river of forgetfulness, so that we don’t suffer from eternal sleeplessness. The Scientific Revolt Against Death 2011-05-08T20:36:00Z "Yes," he said, thoughtfully, "if one could only drink a good bumper of the waters of Lethe, and forget the pain, remembering only the bliss." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z The rivers themselves hardly seem to bear out the special idea of smoothness, which we might be apt to infer from the root, and from the character of the mythological river Lethe. The River-Names of Europe 2011-04-20T02:00:18.983Z Awaiting which I calmly rest, And all my longing, all my dreams, Bury in Lethe's silent stream. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z Till then I fain would sleep; My longings and my thoughts to steep In Lethe's waters dark and deep. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. I (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:43.727Z No wild beast, or cattle, or tree moved by the wind, or any sound of voices broke the stillness, but the river Lethe flowed through it, rippling with a low kind of lullaby. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z No new joy could win me to wander—no Lethe could bring oblivion. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Since I couldn't be in it, marriage might prove a Lethe bath, in which I should forget I had anything to do with it. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z Endeavour to realise upon the modern stage such a picture as this given by Tate Wilkinson, of his appearance at Covent Garden as "The Fine Gentleman," in "Lethe." The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z Where, then, can mortal find such an asylum for weary body and restless soul as this land of Lethe? A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Far off from these a flow and silent Stream Lethe the River of Oblivion rolls; Which Medusa with Gorgonian Terror guards. An Essay on Criticism 2011-02-06T03:00:52.167Z Or with lips rose-red Lure you to Lethe? Sonnets and Songs 2011-01-29T03:00:22.093Z Oswald felt this as he awoke on the following day, after a short, restless sleep, which had rolled like a Lethe stream over the recollections of the day before. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z I know the gray-green asphodels Still sheet the dim Elysian mead, And ever by dark Lethe's wells The poppy sheds her ghostly seed. The Two Twilights 2010-12-25T03:00:12.393Z Alas! they could only have reminded her of what it would have been far better to forget for ever, to bury in everlasting oblivion beneath the waves of Lethe. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 In a wooded vale, far withdrawn, through which Lethe glided peacefully, countless multitudes are gathered drinking the “water of carelessness and oblivion.” Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius May not that distant sound of falling water be the voice of Lethe, that river of oblivion "whereof whoso drinks straightway his former sense and being forgets"? Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands He used to go to the Lethes, before they shut up. A Bed of Roses She was to be taken to the theatre that night,—and then to Kingsbury Crescent and the realms of Lethe early on the following morning. Ayala's Angel You can affront us, sir, and with your wit Take a deep draught of Lethe and forget! A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 They find their pleasure in a cup that is filled from Lethe’s wharf, and for the awakening, for the vision, for the revelation of reality, tradition offers us a different word—ecstasy. Per Amica Silentia Lunae Ah, my friend!" said she at last, in a sad tone, "is there no chloroform for the soul, or for a part of it?--a few drops of Lethe? On the Heights A Novel Some poor relatives in London induced her to join the 'Lethe.' A Bed of Roses "The river of Lethe," as Bacon eloquently remarks, "runneth as well above ground as below." Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology So; And could my wish obtain a sudden grant From yon tribunal, I would crave my senses Might be all steeped in Lethe, to forget What Machiavel has spoken. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 I feed my lovers on lotus and Lethe. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel The poet who wrote those lines knew nothing whatever of Lethe's wharf. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Within a week of the 'Rosebud' disaster the eleven City caf�s of the 'Lethe, Ltd.' had closed their doors. A Bed of Roses Undoubtedly this is the Lethe I need,—but if its waves buffet me to bits, what then? Mothering on Perilous "Yes," said the Professorin in confirmation, "my husband used often to say, that a Lethe stream flows through the soul buoyant with life, so that the past is forgotten." Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine His next drunken bout—and I 'll take care it shall be a deep one—will let such a flood of Lethe over his brain that not one single recollection will survive the deluge. One Of Them "And duller should I be than some fat weed That rolls itself at ease on Lethe's wharf." From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Letheon, accented on the first syllable, and lethean are derived from Lethe, the name of a river described in mythology, a draught from which caused forgetfulness. Every-Day Errors of Speech Ever expecting the 41 worst, I was suddenly at an ancient mill, watching Slow Lethe without coil, Softly, like a stream of oil gliding under the footbridge. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Never could the soul, thus stranded, be set in motion again, if it were not, independently of its will, floated off by the waves of Lethe. Priests, Women, and Families If it had its way we should be compelled by public opinion to cast all the records of our ancestors, and the shields they wore in battle, into the foul waters of an eternal Lethe. The Intellectual Life Exhausted nature will seek a respite from her trials in forgetfulness, and steeped in the sacred stream of Lethe, like the young Achilles, she becomes invulnerable. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion It was bathing in Lethe, and rising refreshed, having no consciousness, save the grateful feeling of the cooling waters of forgetfulness around me. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 I breathe free, single, Here in Orcus far from strife, Punch with Lethe I will mingle, And forget I have a wife. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine With shadowy immortelles of memory About her brow, she sits with eyes that look Upon the stream of Lethe wearily, In hesitant hands Death's partly-opened book. The Garden of Dreams IN ancient times one drink of Lethe water made a man lose his memory and forget even his name. Reflections of a Bachelor Girl Our quidnuncs between whiles go to a coffee-house, where they have several warm liquors made of the waters of Lethe, with very good poppy tea. The Tatler, Volume 3 I wish it was like that magical fountain of Lethe, and that a draught from it could make me forget my old life. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge The largess of my giving left me bare, And I ask God but for His Lethe—sleep. Threads of Grey and Gold “Give me some of the tincture of Lethe.” Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 Oh, well, one drink will do that nowadays—but it isn't Lethe and it isn't water. Reflections of a Bachelor Girl Until the waters of Lethe have flowed over the burning torrent of your existence, shame and remorse will cry in your ears, and pursue you with the delirium of fever. Home Life of Great Authors But all the waters of Lethe will not obliterate the conviction of the people that he gave his army in the West to the enemy. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital No "branch in Lethe dipped by Morpheus" slacks This Pilot's sight, or vanquishes his force. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 29, 1890 If our hearts Could lave in Lethe's cleansing stream sometimes, Till evil vanished from its memory, And left a virgin tablet for the pen Of Nature, life would be as sweet as love. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems As well attempt to score the music of the spheres, or to paint "the fat weed that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharf." The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 "Duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed That rots itself in ease on Lethe wharf,— Would'st thou not stir in this!" Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 The waters were often alkaline and deadly as Lethe. Trail Tales As old mythologies relate, Some draught of Lethe might await The slipping through from state to state. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer As to the validity of indulgences, one cannot actually test that matter on this side of Lethe. Aztec Land The knowing ones, having once tasted the Lethe of Cherbourg, remained in Paris until the last minute, and stepped from the boat-train to the waiting tender. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue These are souls to whom fate oweth now New bodies: there they drink the draught by Lethe's quiet flow, The draught that is the death of care, the long forgetfulness. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse Looking like Lethe, see! the lake A conscious slumber seems to take, And would not for the world awake. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 Lethe was one of the rivers of Hell. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer S—— desired his secretary to write, "But murmuring Lethe soothing sleep invites, In dreams again the flying past delights." Practical Education, Volume II The fish are found also in "Lake Lethe," a quarter of a mile from the Styx, as well as in "Echo River," the largest and most interesting body of water in the cave. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Yet from the rock's foundation, gently flows A stream of Lethe's water, whose dull waves In gentle murmuring o'er the pebbles purl, Tempting to slumber. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II There's many a trouble Would break like a bubble, And into the waters of Lethe depart, Did we not rehearse it, And tenderly nurse it, And give it a permanent place in the heart. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul The next expression is still more foreign to the English idiom:— For not to have been dipped in Lethe's lake Could save the son of Thetis from to die. A Handbook of the English Language He is then bathed in the stream of Lethe—another curious employment of pagan mythology—and brought back to the presence of Beatrice. Dante: His Times and His Work He has a throne of sulphur, from beneath which flows the Rivers Lethe, or "Oblivion," Phlegethon, Cocytus and Acheron. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Several rivers are crossed in this vast cavern, one is called the Echo River, another the Styx, and a third the Lethe. The Mines and its Wonders My blood became cool, and flowed in a more gentle current through my veins, and my heart seemed to be bathing in the waters of Lethe. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Oh, if I could drink the Lethe water and forget!” A Victor of Salamis We must indeed suppose that, as with Dante himself, the imperfections have been effaced by the discipline of Purgatory, and their remembrance washed away by the water of Lethe. Dante: His Times and His Work There the waters of Lethe unceasingly roll, With blessed forgetfulness free to each soul, While the doorways that lead to success open wide, With Fame in the distance to beckon and guide. Three Women Dull would he be, as "the fat weed that rots itself in case on Lethe's wharf," who found nothing curious and provocative about these Sirens and Centaurs and Lemures and Larvae and Cabiri and Phorkyads! Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions Oh, that I could steep thy heart in the waters of Lethe! The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West O prodigious licentiousness, and hellish misorder, worthy to be drowned in the lake of Lethe! The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) It refuses to burn—the damps of Lethe dim and quench it. Memories of Bethany Some Reincarnationists claim that as the soul passes from the body all the events of that particular life pass rapidly before its mind, in review, before the waters of Lethe, or oblivion, causes forgetfulness. Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect The brow of the church beholds with these eyes the candles of Heaven and the darkness of Lethe. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England "Then do not say the common lot Of all lies deep in Lethe's wave; Some few, who ne'er will be forgot, Shall burst the bondage of the grave." My Recollections of Lord Byron And now she had been brought to "try Switzerland" and Lake Geneva as a Lethe. Vagabondia 1884 All remembrance of their national poetry was as completely obliterated among the posterity of the Northmen in France, as if, in traversing the ocean, they had drank of the water of Lethe. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 The little river flowed as stilly and darkly as the water of Lethe at their feet; and the gaunt pines over the way stood transfixed like souls that had drunk of it. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest About a mile ahead was an inn he knew of where he might enjoy a great refreshment, and drink the waters of Lethe. War and the Weird It is one thing to drug oneself in the waters of Lethe for a fortnight of one's own free will: it is altogether different to be drugged by others for good. Mufti All London was astir, and had put on holiday attire, while I, now a poor weed drifting to rot on Lethe's wharf, was on my way to Newgate. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude In the cares of a busy world, he may find a draught of the waters of Lethe. The Young Maiden All nature seemed to invite us to repose, and the waters of Lethe swept over us. The Forest King Wild Hunter of the Adaca It's the high seas—or else being tied up to Lethe wharf. The Long Run 1916 Medical art brings the waters of Lethe to the bedside of woman in her hour of trial. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother Perchance some heart 'twill agitate, And then the stanzas of my theme Will not, preserved by kindly Fate, Perish absorbed by Lethe's stream. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Hermes is so called because he had to lead the souls of the dead to Hades, where was Lethe, the river of forgetfulness. Keats: Poems Published in 1820 The child lay supine; heavy-lidded eyes half opened upon this tormentress who had somehow succeeded in calling him back into the dimly lighted room from the shadows of Lethe's alluring banks. Old Mr. Wiley When I was born no pitying angel dipped my spirit-fire in Lethe. Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet Not for all the world would I bathe my soul in the waters of Lethe. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Or, beyond Lethe lulled to rest, Hath the bard, by indifference blest, Callous to all on earth become— Is the world to him sealed and dumb? Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Lethe is the grandest of rivers after all.” Julian Home The remainder went about their usual occupations, all except lessons, about which Madame seemed to have tasted the waters of Lethe. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island The theatres are dull as Lethe, and politics have lost their salt. Orley Farm At whiles he was across the drift of Lethe in the darkness, but never for long together. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales For past the valley of Sleep flow the waters of Lethe, the river of Forgetfulness. A Book of Myths Lethe of death River in Hades; drinking it caused forgetfulness. mare clausum Navigable body of water under the jurisdiction of one nation and closed to all others. History of the United States, Volume 4 Into each secret room; Would that my sleep-bright eyes could win To the inner gloom; Gaze from its high windows, Far down its mouldering walls, Where amber-clear still Lethe flows, And foaming falls. The Listeners and Other Poems Load faith and love with golden chain, And sprinkle Lethe o'er the brain! The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency Meanwhile Aeneas sees deep withdrawn in the covert of the vale a woodland and rustling forest thickets, and the river of Lethe that floats past their peaceful dwellings. The Aeneid of Virgil The anguish purifies, and wins the boon of a Lethe in which the past wrong is absolutely forgotten. The Chief End of Man Great heaps of dead and wounded lay between the lines, and "at times a lifted arm or a quivering limb told of an agony not quenched by the Lethe of death around." History of the United States, Volume 4 It is Lethe," she said obstinately, "and you shall not deny it to me. In the Border Country Hear them crying out for waters of Lethe to drown the sting of memory. Joy in Service; Forgetting, and Pressing Onward; Until the Day Dawn For Eucken, as for Dante, there must be 'the penitence, the tears, and the plunge into the river of Lethe before the new transcendent love begins.' Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics Further, before birth the souls must be steeped in the waters of Lethe, or something of the kind, so as to rid them of all memory of their previous experiences. Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge The Lethe of nature Can't trance him again, Whose soul sees the Perfect His eyes seek in vain.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Yes—yes—till Fate In Lethe quench the guilty dream. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 The waters of the sullen Lethe, rolling doom, are sounding too loudly in our own ears. Obiter Dicta Second Series This is the explanation of the myth of Lethe. Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution We crossed several rivers; besides the “Echo,” one called the “Styx,” the other the “Lethe.” With Axe and Rifle When you have passed the Styx, you soon meet another stream, appropriately called Lethe. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 If not the Goblet pass unquaffed, It is not drained to banish care; The cup must hold a deadlier draught That brings a Lethe for despair. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 The mountain suggested to him the past, and the pure, white mist shrouding it seemed like vapour risen from the merciful waters of Lethe. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories "It flings off memory and individuality, and this is Lethe; and through this sleep of death it reappears refreshed and fitted out with another intellect, as a new being." Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution Save when feeling shot them with tawny flashes—as waving branches filter mottled sunlight on brown waters—her eyes were dark as the pools of Lethe, wherein men plunge and forget the past. The Spinner's Book of Fiction On either side of a throne of sulphur, from which issued the four infernal rivers of Lethe, Phlegethon, Cocytus, and Acheron, were ranged the Eumenides and Parc�. The Infernal Marriage But is there not a mineral water which is called Lethe? Essays on Scandinavian Literature She longed for the waters of Lethe; haply they are denied to young women with live blood in their veins. The Captain of the Kansas The loss of intellect is the Lethe, but for which the Will would remember the various manifestations it has caused. Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution The ancients symbolized it as the River Lethe, dark stream of oblivion. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Earthly scenes are worth preserving, Bitter though they sometimes be; Who would wish to sink in Lethe All the fruits of Memory? Our Profession and Other Poems Give me to drink of Lethe’s wave, Give me the cold and cheerless grave, O’er which the night-winds sigh! The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 The explanatory idea is at once hit upon of a fountain of oblivion a river Lethe from which the disembodied soul drinks ere it reappears. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Slowly, the days which once fleeted so cheerily, Floated as though we could never know pain, Drag their dull length along, sadly and drearily, Wearily praying for Lethe in vain! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The rumour runs that here in Isis swim Such stately swans so confident in dying, That when they feel themselves near Lethe's brim, They sing their fatal dirge when death is nighing. Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia As Lethe, dreadful to the love of fame. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 To enter one of these "semilleros," as they are here called, at noon day, produces an effect like that anciently ascribed to the waters of Lethe. Zophiel A Poem Plotinus said, "Body is the true river of Lethe; for souls plunged in it forget all." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Let us not recall the bickerings and the strifes, let the grass watered by Lethe's sweet spring creep over the scars in the bright prospect which lies under our loving gaze. A Certain Rich Man But Tiny Tim is left, and the Christ Child is left, and my child is left, and yours—even your dear dreamchild "upon the tedious shores of Lethe" that always comes back at Christmas. The Hills of Hingham Now, by the banks of Lethe here below, They lose the memory of their former state, And from the silent waters, as they flow, 838 Drink the oblivious draught, and all their cares forego. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor And between them a great gulf was fixed; deep, and wide, and impassable as the waters of Lethe. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance Ah, yes," cried Monsieur, "the waters of Lethe and the elixir vitæ have equally to be discovered. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 No real love or hate is wrought upon by Lethe. The Spinster Book Lethe's dreamless ooze: Lethe is the river of oblivion in Hades; its slimy depths of forgetfulness are not even disturbed by dreams. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. "These, when a thousand rolling years are o'er, Called by the God, to Lethe's waves repair; There, reft of memory, to yearn once more For mortal bodies and the upper air." The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor It was a very Lethe of a river, running oilily and with a slumberous sound, and its reputation for crocodiles was vile. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories "You, apparently, have found and drunk of the waters of Lethe," laughed Madame. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 Round the aqueducts of story As the mists of Lethe throng Croton's waves in all their glory Troop in melody along. The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention So, after awhile, Devereux returned to his chair before the fire, and on his way again drank of the waters of Lethe, and sat down, not forgetting, but remorseful, over the fire. The House by the Church-Yard Lethe was the river of forgetfulness, and those who drank of it forgot their former life and were ready for a new one. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor I think I should not dislike drinking the Lethe waters when you have a full season. Dialogues of the Dead Curious your writing to me about Dante's Hell—and Lethe. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books His was a fiercer desire—the craving for mad blood or the waters of Lethe. The Survivor He arose forgiven, the memory of his sin removed by the waters of Lethe. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 A slumberous bough the god revealed to view, Thrice dipt in Styx, and drenched with Lethe's dew. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Thou go'st where slow Cocytus wanders—where Love sinks in Lethe, and the sunless air Is dark to light and joy! A Handbook for Latin Clubs And perhaps some angel would give her oblivion or let her drink of Lethe, though she should never reach those waters beyond the rocks. Beyond The Rocks A Love Story The following is pointed, and felicitously expressed:— "Then glide down Grub Street, fasting and forgot, Laugh'd into Lethe by some quaint Review, Whose wit is never troublesome till—true." Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals These waters, the rivers Lethe and Eunoe, are produced from heavenly sources and have miraculous powers. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 Meanwhile he views, deep-bosomed in a dale, A grove, and brakes that rustle in the breeze, And Lethe, gliding through the peaceful vale. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Hector Longing and thought—yea, all I feel and think May in the silent sloth of Lethe sink, But my love not! A Handbook for Latin Clubs As Lethe dreadful to the love of fame. Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." It was as if he had taken a sip of Lethe and had come into the land in which it always seemeth afternoon. Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick But it is the sight of the superhuman beauty of Beatrice which completes his contrition and resuscitates214 his love so as to fit him to pass through the waters of the Lethe. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 Not that you must too much despise me, neither; nor, of all things, apprehend I am attitudinizing � la Byron, and giving you to understand unutterable somethings, longings for Lethe and all that—far from it! The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Gird on my sword—Belov'd one, dry the tear— Lethe for love is not! A Handbook for Latin Clubs Give yet another! reach from Lethe's stream The last reviving draught of cool refreshment! Iphigenia in Tauris Was it not better to be done with the sham of life; to drink the Lethe water, and sink into eternal, dreamless slumber? A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. When he recovers consciousness he finds his immersion in the Lethe in progress by Matilda. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 He, Daren Lane, had been left alone on the vast and naked shores of Lethe. The Day of the Beast "No sudden goddess through the rushes glides, No eager God among the laurels hides; Jove's eagle mopes beside an empty throne, Persephone and Ades sit alone By Lethe's hollow shore." A Handbook for Latin Clubs Oh! then each little woe took wing Away, like phantoms of a dream; As if each sound That flutter'd round, Had floated over Lethe's stream! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood But the heaven-born accents were suddenly drowned by the wild shriek of my dark destiny—'Of Lethe's waters thou shall never taste! Inez A Tale of the Alamo Thus still I live although I take no rest, But living look as one that is a-dying; Thus my sad soul with care and grief oppressed, Seems as a ghost to Styx and Lethe flying. Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris Even had I been weeping, and not merely mocking time away, would my tears be of Lethe at my mouth's corners? Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance A shrunken stream is Lethe's water wan Unsought of any man: Grass Ceres sowed by alien hands is mown, And now she seeks Persephone alone. A Handbook for Latin Clubs Lethe lake, a lake or river of Hades, whose water brought oblivion or forgetfulness to all who drank of it. Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I "This is the river Lethe," said King Pluto; "do you not think it a very pleasant stream?" Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) It was to Monmouth Street, as he confesses, that Tate Wilkinson hastened, when permitted to undertake the part of the Fine Gentleman in Garrick's farce of "Lethe," at Covent Garden. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character And—ask now this pitiless darkness of the eyes!—to be remembered though Lethe flows between. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance His poem "Lethe" represents one set of feelings; "The White Flag" another; and "Love's Queen" another. The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal They call society gay here, and dizzying,—dance and music, show, excess, following each other; but it is all sleep, Lethe, in comparison with the mad world into which your music whirls me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 "And be sure not to forget a golden cup filled with the water of Lethe," he said to the servant. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Garrick's opinion of those playgoers of his time, whom he at last banished from his stage, may be gathered from the dialogue between Æsop and the Fine Gentleman, in his farce of "Lethe." A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character She hies her then to Lethe spring, A bottle and thereof doth bring, Wherewith she meant to work the thing Which only she intended. The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Lethe is often a greater friend than Mnemosyne. Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment Dull as weeds of Lethe was my task. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Across Lethe stretched the Elysian Fields where the shades of the blest dwelt in bliss without alloy. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) The quiet of the river, unlike Lethe, turns us to the past, and clouds the present in a dreamy haze. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees “These,” answered Anchises, “are souls destined by fate to occupy other bodies in the upper world; and the stream is Lethe, one draught of which is sufficient to destroy all recollection of their former condition.” The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) There were drinking bouts, absolute drunkenness, in which, according to the Johnsonian tradition and that of Messieurs Rabelais and Molière, the weary intellect and one's guiding genius were immersed in a comforting Lethe of rye. Twelve Men The Duke craves excess in music in order that his 'appetite may sicken and so die;' Sebastian wishes 'to steep his soul in Lethe.' Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies For when you hear my tale of misery, you, Nor you alone, but all who here abide In this blind world, will weep by Lethe's tide. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series Full loud calls past eternity, But Lethe's murmur stills its roar, The one vague truth that reaches thee Is this—that thou hast lived before. Thoughts, Moods and Ideals: Crimes of Leisure But not the pool of Lethe itself could withstand the song of Orpheus; and in the hearts of the shades all the old dreams awoke wondering. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) "When the lotus was all plucked and Lethe drained, then cards were born into the world," he said sententiously. Audrey In the shadowed coolness, aching gratefully in many joints, I had plunged into the hammock's Lethe, swooning shamelessly to a benign oblivion. Somewhere in Red Gap You cannot fail of being happy there, The lake will be the Lethe of your care: The scheme is for your honour and your ease: And, doctor, I'll promote it when you please. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 "The draught of Lethe" does "await The slipping through from state to state." New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments “This is the river Lethe,” observed King Pluto. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) We have those years, those white and empty years, to drown in the waters of Lethe. Flames "I have been most active in mind and body and am by no means so far down the hill of old age, that ends by the River of Lethe, as I imagined." The Red Redmaynes The River Lethe itself shall never be able to wash away your Memory. Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. Freed from all haunting memories of past sins by Lethe's waters, Dante finally lands on the "blessed shore." The Book of the Epic Past Lethe, across the Styx they went, he and his lovely wife, still silent as a shade. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) With him, sadder than Lethe or the Styx, the river of time runs between stony banks, and, often a calm suicide, it bears him to the Morgue. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs I regret, Miss 'Lethe," said the Colonel, turning to the disappointed lady at his side, after having completed his inquiries, "that there is no good hotel heah. In Old Kentucky One ghostly boat shall some time bear From scenes of mirthfulness or care Each fated human soul,— Shall waft and leave its burden where The waves of Lethe roll. Echoes from the Sabine Farm This period is also marked by Mrs. Clive's first professional venture with David Garrick, in his Lethe, the beginning of a relationship to become one of the most tempestuous and fruitful in all theater history. The Case of Mrs. Clive Is there never to be for us a Lethe through which we may pass to the farther shore of forgetfulness and forgiveness of the past and reconciliation in the future? The Glory of English Prose Letters to My Grandson Lethe be his portion this blessed night, thought I, as during the morning which preceded our enterprise, I eyed the man who might possibly cross my plans. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I "Ah, Mr. Holton!" said Miss 'Lethe, bowing to him as the Colonel, plainly not too greatly pleased by the necessity for doing so, advanced toward him with extended hand. In Old Kentucky The bell would tinkle—the watcher would be laughing out of earshot—and the life would sink back into Lethe after swimming to the shore! The Son of Clemenceau Here part of the stage opened, and discovered a scene underneath, representing several caves, full of infernal spirits, that flew about, discharging fire and smoke, on another side the river of Lethe and Charon's boat. A History of Pantomime But the saying is far from true; and Shakespeare's ghost must have sipped large draughts of Lethe, to be capable of speaking thus. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England But what resource when she herself descends From her blue throne, and o'er her vassal bends 190 That shape thrice-deified by love, those eyes Wherein the Lethe of all others lies? The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell "We came up to see Frank and the beauties of his long-forgotten land," Miss 'Lethe answered, in her softly charming voice. In Old Kentucky Solitude is the worst of companions when you wish to drown the past in Lethe's soothing stream. The Cross of Berny The Lethe of Nature Can't trance him again, Whose soul sees the perfect, Which his eyes seek in vain. Poems Household Edition In her eyes was Lethe, in her hands was the gift of forgetfulness. A Spinner in the Sun There are faces bright with a merry light And the music of long ago; And others dark as Lethe’s night And as cold as the winter’s snow. The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland Then, though, despite the fact that his remark had greatly aroused Holton's curiosity, evidently, he changed the subject somewhat abruptly, and turned grandiosely to Miss 'Lethe. In Old Kentucky Doubtless before my soul was given to me it had been plunged deep in Lethe, and so an almost virgin man I stood in front of a virgin world. Confessions of a Young Man Sweet dreams come true, and the pure forms of a new generation rise up out of Lethe's waves, beautiful as Anadyomene, and exhibit their limbs in the place of the vanished darkness. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Remember that with every breath we draw, an ethereal stream of Lethe runs through our whole being, so that we have but a partial recollection of our joys, and scarcely any of our sorrows. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters This dull root pluckt from Lethe flood, Purges all pure thoughts, and good. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant Now, Aunt 'Lethe," he said gaily, "you can rest at last. In Old Kentucky Time, heedless of the past, No loving-kindness knows; Chill unto mortal lip Still Lethe flows. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. Gin is better than all the water in Lethe. The Book of American Negro Poetry The Balkan peoples have suffered one shattering experience in common—the Turk, and the waters of Ottoman oppression that have gone over their souls have not been waters of Lethe. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Or sunk beneath the wave Of solemn Lethe? A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 "Miss 'Lethe, just a moment," he said softly. In Old Kentucky For all the memories of Manuel's life had been washed away from him, so that these memories were left adrift and submerged in the shadowy waters of Lethe. Figures of Earth Otherwise, as a general rule, the recollection sinks, and appears to be utterly drowned in the waters of Lethe. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development Lethe's billow they depart— Words are too weak to clothe them worthily. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 322, July 12, 1828 Ye rocky heights—ye violet-meads appearing Once fairer to my gaze than poet's dream— Now all your golden light to gloom is veering, And every floweret laves in Lethe's stream. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 270, August 25, 1827 "There's no danger that Woodlawn will have any other mistress than my dear Aunt 'Lethe for many a long year," he concluded rather lamely. In Old Kentucky In his decline, even "His father he lost," and "On Lethe's banks," in Artaxerxes;—hear the singers of the present day sing these songs! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 393, October 10, 1829 Meand'ring stream! thy liquid jaws extend, Anoint with Lethe now thy fallen friend. Poems (1828) Well, for the future, I'll drown all high thoughts in the Lethe of cowslip-wine; as for fame, renown, reputation, take 'em, critics! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 And first his head upon cool pillow lay, Then bathe ye him in dew from Lethe's stream; His limbs, cramp-stiffen'd, will more freely play, If sleep-refreshed he wait morn's wakening beam. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. And then he wondered just exactly what it was that he felt so very certain his Aunt 'Lethe would be sure to understand. In Old Kentucky Lethe and Annihilation are only myths upon the earth, which men, though suspicious of their eternal falsehood, name to themselves in moments of despair and fearful apprehension. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 "This is the River Lethe," observed King Pluto. Tanglewood Tales Upon the lap of green, sweet lands, Whose months are like your English Mays, I try to hide in Lethe's sands The bitter, old Bohemian days. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens If Lethe's murky flood not yet hath passed, Old Sir, through your bald pate, that sideways bends, The scholar recognize, who hither wends, Outgrown your academic rods at last. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. What had Horace Holton been doing in the mountains, secretly, to have been surprised, discomfited as Neb had said he was, at sight of the Colonel, Miss 'Lethe and his daughter? In Old Kentucky When we have done penance, and are purified, and have drunk of the fountain of Lethe and bathed in the fountain of Eunoe, the mistress of our soul raises us to the Paradise of Heaven. Intentions We are only what might have been, and we must wait upon the tedious shore of Lethe, millions of ages, before we have existence and a name.” Speeches: Literary and Social I offered you a goblet from the River Lethe. The Tarn of Eternity He laughed, rose, and crossed again to Lethe.... This Side of Paradise "But, Miss 'Lethe, why, de Cunnel—" She did not let him make his explanation. In Old Kentucky They, doubt it not, shall save Your noble names from Lethe's laxy wave. Orlando Furioso Last came her voice More potent than all herbs to charm the gods Who rule in Lethe. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars The Lethe, notorious for the effect on those who drink its waters. The Tarn of Eternity Grave walls are thick, I cannot see thee, And the round skies are far and steep; A-wild to quaff some cup of Lethe, Pain is proud and scorns to weep. The Poems of Sidney Lanier No, Miss 'Lethe," he said gallantly, "I resign the knot-hole to you. In Old Kentucky Gin is the only Lethe of the miserable. In Darkest England and the Way Out For my part I have walked through Lethe. The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 2 Named rightly, even as the waters of Lethe, it cleanses the mind of all that went before! The Tarn of Eternity The souls that throng the flood Are those to whom, by fate, are other bodies ow'd: In Lethe's lake they long oblivion taste, Of future life secure, forgetful of the past. The Aeneid English "It's a professional secret, and I've promised to keep it on the honor of a Kentucky gentleman—just as I promised you, Miss 'Lethe." In Old Kentucky Drink is his master and drags him down, Water of Lethe that drowns all care. The Man from Snowy River The horses shivered and shook Waiting gaunt and haggard With sorry and evil look; But swift as a drunken wind they staggered 'Longst Lethe brook. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 The river Lethe flows dark and deep in the nether kingdom. The Tarn of Eternity There Danaus' daughters Venus' anger feel, Filling their urns at Lethe all in vain;— And there's the wretch who would my Delia steal, And wish me absent on a long campaign! The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse Then, growing bold: "Miss 'Lethe, if you've a kindly feeling for me in your heart, read that note; but don't you get excited; keep cool, keep cool!" In Old Kentucky The dwarf, now sunk in Lethe's mud, did snore; knowing the sign, the minstrel then forbore. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 02, April 9, 1870 The world has quietly run down, and has been embalmed with all its sweetness of light and colour and sound in a warm Lethe bath of sun. The Forest In that goblet the limpid water of Lethe. The Tarn of Eternity But not the pool of Lethe itself could withstand the song of Orpheus; and in the hearts of the Shades all the old dreams awoke wondering. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew "With you, Miss 'Lethe, always with you," he urgently assured her; but there was pleading in his eyes which really was pitiful. In Old Kentucky Let such as have no hope in God drink of what Lethe they can find; to me it is a river of Hell and altogether abominable. Wilfrid Cumbermede Then let thy ponderous quarto steep and stink, The dullest fattest weed on Lethe's brink. Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 I can give to others the waters of Lethe. The Tarn of Eternity Past Lethe, across the Styx they went, he and his lovely wife, still silent as a Shade. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew "Ah, Miss 'Lethe," said the Colonel, "good morning." In Old Kentucky As old mythologies relate, Some draught of Lethe might await The slipping thro' from state to state. The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson Be carried down the stream of time In shoals, unnoticed and forgot, On Lethe's stream, like flags, to rot? Poetical Works To the discredit of human nature, there is in general a laborious endeavour to bury all such remembrances in the waters of Lethe: Southey's mind was formed on a different model. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey Nothing could win his heart away from his own country and his own wife Penelope, nothing but Lethe itself, and that no man may drink till he dies. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew "Go on, Miss 'Lethe," was the answer, "please go on, go on." In Old Kentucky She had remarkable powers of obliteration, a sort of River of Lethe among the backwaters of her mind, where she held below the surface all she wished to forget until it ceased to struggle. The Sisters-In-Law At the commencement of the present century, its mimic scenes afforded a species of consolation for the sad realities of life, and formed the Lethe in whose waters oblivion was gladly sought. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 And so they put the river of forgetfulness, the waters of Lethe, betwixt life and the happy plains. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Since Loveliness is Life's one Consolation, And love the only Lethe left to man. India's Love Lyrics Here come Madge and Aunt 'Lethe," he announced, "through with their shopping at last. In Old Kentucky Come to Lethe's wavy shore, Tell them they shall mourn no more. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Here every plant had its origin; here each river had its virtue; Lethe destroyed the memory of sin; Eunoë restored to the mind the memory of things good. National Epics Surely some draught of Lethe must have been given him, that his spirit might be lulled into a wholesome forgetfulness, else life must have been a torment to him. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV What a happy thing it is that Lethe flows over us as we emerge from infancy, and blots out all that was before. Behind the Bungalow "I understand, now, Miss 'Lethe, and I'm as cool as a cucumber." In Old Kentucky Talk no more of your Cheltenham and Harrowgate springs, 'Tis from Lethe we now our potations must draw; Yon Lethe's a cure for—all possible things, And the doctors have named it the Wellington Spa. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Matilda, who stood by, seized him and plunged him into the river Lethe, that he might forget his past sin. National Epics Away! away! my early dream Remembrance never must awake: Oh! where is Lethe's fabled stream? Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey They will find their pleasure in a cup that is filled from Lethe's wharf, and for the awakening, for the vision, for the revelation of reality, tradition offers us a different word—ecstasy…. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century Miss 'Lethe, when we made our little arrangement, yesterday, I didn't know that the sale of the mare, your twenty-five thousand dollars, the assessment on Frank's stock, everything was going to depend upon this race. In Old Kentucky Of course, for your memories of very long standing— Old chronic diseases that date back undaunted To Brian Boroo and Fitz-Stephens' first landing— A devil of a dose of the Lethe is wanted. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Cleansed there of all impurities, and with the memories of the past washed from them by Lethe, they again visited the world in another form. National Epics Therefore, ye living, rejoice that love keeps you warm for a while yet, Until cold Lethe anoints, captures your foot in its flight. Erotica Romana And only then has he a chance of rising above the fat dull weed that rots in Lethe's stream, and of living anything like the life that it becomes him to live. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Things I bought yesterday, Miss 'Lethe, all by myself. In Old Kentucky In Rembrandt Peale's picture of the Court of Death a cadaverous shape lies for judgment at the foot of the throne, touching at either extremity the waters of Lethe. Castilian Days So may Lethe look, or Styx: the nightmare of a flood. Alone "Rather the Styx than the Lethe," said Harry; "banish all hope who enter here." Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece It returned, heralded by frightful pains all over his body, which by and by subsiding, he sank again to the bottom of the black Lethe. The Marquis of Lossie "What did Aunt 'Lethe think about a night in tents?" he asked. In Old Kentucky You can hasten, free and blithesome, forth to peace and light; I must cross the river Lethe down into the night. Early Plays — Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans I suppose my absurd misunderstanding arose from a vague notion that the blood of Christ had in it something like this virtue of Lethe water. Dr. Heidenhoff's Process "It is rather like the Lethe than anything else," said young Jack, pointing to the silent water below. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece No heavy mists of Lethe hung about his bed. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] She was dead sot to see you, an' Miss 'Lethe was compelled to ax her fo' to come along. In Old Kentucky Now we can journey toward the river Lethe— And far beyond where never dawns the day. Early Plays — Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans "Henry, do you remember what George Bayley said that might in meeting, about the river of Lethe, in which, souls were bathed and forgot the past?" Dr. Heidenhoff's Process But if so, the consciousness glided away from me, and left me in Lethe. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War But for others the cold mists that hang low by Lethe's banks have already brought forgetfulness before their feet grow icy with the first step into the dark water. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] "This way, Aunt 'Lethe," they could hear him say. In Old Kentucky It is the very water of Lethe for sorrow or disappointment, for there is no oblivion so profound as that which it offers for your solace. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough She understood now—ah! how well—his longing for the river of Lethe whose waters give forgetfulness. Dr. Heidenhoff's Process As at the first appearance of the Ghost of Hamlet, "his ear must be dull as the fat weed, which roots itself on Lethe's brink," who can attend to the improbablity of the exhibition. The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. O God, thou hast a work to do indeed To save these hearts of thine with full content, Except thou give them Lethe's stream to drink, And that, my God, were all unworthy thee. A Hidden Life and Other Poems "Ah," said the Colonel, smiling, "but here, like a good angel, comes in your dear Aunt 'Lethe!" In Old Kentucky Only in hope he'll wash them in the Lethe of their cares. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 This impressive and original scene prepares the reader to wonder why it is that Manfred is so desirous to drink of Lethe. The Life of Lord Byron Then follow dismal streams of Lethe, in which the half-drenched on earth are constrained to drown downright, by wharfs where Ophelia twice acts her muddy death. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia A resolution that resolves my blood Into the icy drops of Lethe's flood. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 "It was quite the best I could do, Miss 'Lethe," said the Colonel. In Old Kentucky This was Lethe to Cottle, and his poor face wet with tears, and his kind eye brightened up in a moment. The Best Letters of Charles Lamb I woke when I'd already passed the door That Cerberus guards, and half-way down the road To Lethe, as an old Greek signpost showed. Fairies and Fusiliers By her side stood a bowl filled with the untasted waters of Lethe. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales The flood of Lethe cannot wash out thy fame, To others' great reproach, shame, and dispraise. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 Do you know, Miss 'Lethe, there's something about this little girl that puts me in mind of you, when I first met you? In Old Kentucky For that I decocted Lethe in his cup. Beltane the Smith These brackish, threatening deeps remind me of all sorts of weird and uncanny things; Stygian pools—Lethe—what not mystic and terrifying. The Iron Game A Tale of the War Oh! might I bathe in Lethe's stream, Forget the happy days gone by, And know this life a fleeting dream, And look on every passing scene As with a stranger's eye. Lays from the West Go out and buy me a bottle of Lethe, and be quick about it. Sleeping Fires: a Novel Miss 'Lethe looked up at him with a strange expression on her face. In Old Kentucky On the inner shore of the lake is a meadow, wherein grows asphodel; here, too, is the fountain that makes war on memory, and is hence called Lethe. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 "I mean the blank-ey'd queen whose wassail bowl "Is brimm'd from Lethe, and whose porch is red "With poppies, as it waits the panting soul— "She, she alone is great! Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems In truth, when I have crossed dark Lethe's river, The man upon the right I'll love forever, For 'twas he first that wrote for me. The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems Whilst the thirsty lip we lave In the foaming, living spring, Buried deep in Lethe's wave Lies all grief, all sorrowing! The Poems of Schiller — Third period "Miss 'Lethe," he replied, and, discovering that the flask was still in plain view in his hand, slipped it into his sidepocket upside down. In Old Kentucky Thy language ne'er was wont To be mysterious or of hidden meaning; The spirit of gray hairs 'tis speaks in thee; Thou sayest I ne'er shall taste of Lethe's draught? The Poems of Schiller — First period Oh, thou wilt go where Phoebus sheds no light— Where black Cocytus wails in endless night Thy love will die in Lethe's gloomy shade. The Robbers "Convulsively they swear, Still writhe the rabble rout, Engaged with anxious care In pumping Lethe out." The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems Till over Lethe's sullen swell, Aurora's rosy hues shall glow; And arching through the midmost hell Shine forth the lovely Iris-bow! The Poems of Schiller — Third period "As fresh and blooming," he corrected, "as usual, Miss 'Lethe." In Old Kentucky Driven by Orpheus' lyre away, The vulture left his giant-prey 8; With gentler motion rolled along Dark Lethe and Cocytus' river, Enraptured Thracian, by thy song,— And love its burden was forever! The Poems of Schiller — First period Though I in Lethe's darksome wave should sink, And cease on other mortal ties to think, Yet thy true love shall never be forgot! The Robbers Go—thou knowest now what on Lethe's strand Made me a prisoner stand.— The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems By way of a preliminary sip of the waters of Lethe, before beginning the full draught, he placed a franc on number seven and lost. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories "Miss 'Lethe," he said stammering, "lawn party to-night—bouquet for you—brought it from Lexington—for you—for you, you know." In Old Kentucky Thou goest where slow Cocytus wanders—where Love sinks in Lethe, and the sunless air Is dark to light and joy! The Poems of Schiller — First period Long afterwards he expressed his hope that Landor's biographers would either let him slip off at Lethe's wharf, or else do him justice in a note. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century I love thee yet Can only Lethe teach me to forget? The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe Mercifully, Landor's memory was failing, and so one may hope that the waters of the Lethe brought him like Lear their blessed relief. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Then, cautiously, to Madge: "I say, little one, couldn't you let me have a word alone with Miss 'Lethe?" In Old Kentucky Longing and thought—yes, all I feel and think May in the silent sloth of Lethe sink, But my love not! The Poems of Schiller — First period So may the shades on a ghostly liner, plunging down Lethe, have an hour's chance glimpse of the lights and lives of Piccadilly, to them uncertain and filmy mirages of the air. Letters from America Thus, in Nymphidia, “She hies her then to Lethe spring, A bottle and thereof doth bring.” Playful Poems He is just like any mortal: he has taken a drink of their Lethe up there, and forgotten to come back to us. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 "Miss 'Lethe, have you the remotest idea of the agony I'm suffering?" In Old Kentucky Scarce thine eye can ope and close Ere life's dying sunset glows; Sinking sudden from its pride Into death—the Lethe tide. The Poems of Schiller — First period How are we to account, then, for that deluge, as if from Lethe, which has swept away so entirely the traditional memorials of one so illustrious? Biographical Essays Was it because the star was hid awhile, That I in blindness wandered from my path; That I wooed Folly with her mumming smile, And sought for Lethe in a cup of wrath? A Lover's Diary, Complete I fancy it is usual for departed spirits to take a draught of the water of Lethe? Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Marse Frank," he muttered, "say I war to tell Miss 'Lethe de bad news; but he didn't tell me how to find a lady out shoppin'. In Old Kentucky Gird on my sword—Beloved one, dry the tear— Lethe for love is not! The Poems of Schiller — First period "Seeking for surcease of pain, Pilgrim to Lethe I came; Drank not, for pride was too keen, Stung by the sound of a name!" The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete Better to stand amid the toppling towers Of every valiant hope; a Samson's dream, Than the deep indolence of Lethe's stream, The loneliness of slow submerging hours. A Lover's Diary, Complete Ignorance is as potent here as the waters of Lethe are with you. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 He grinned, remembering talk which he had heard between the Colonel and Miss 'Lethe, and understanding, now. In Old Kentucky Thou art so still, And wilt remain so, till I drink full deep Of Lethe's maddening draught. The Poems of Schiller — First period So the ancients called their River of Death, Lethe - the River of Forgetfulness. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler Children at this age give us no such information of themselves; and at what time were we dipped in the Lethe, which has produced such utter oblivion of a state so godlike? Biographia Literaria Did you miss your dose of Lethe, man? Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Madge turned to him, the softness of the mood engendered by her talk with the Colonel and Miss 'Lethe all gone, now. In Old Kentucky Soon Beroe Will drink oblivion from the waves of Lethe; But Cadmus' daughter ne'er will taste that draught. The Poems of Schiller — First period So we all behaved alike - and easily can I now conceive the disappointment and mortification of poor Mr. Garrick when he read "Lethe" to a royal audience. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 Scattered over the coast of California, the padres now sleep in the Lethe of death. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance On the banks of the river Lethe—the river of forgetfulness—was a countless multitude of spirits which, he said, were yet to live in earthly bodies. Story of Aeneas They are as dull-looking as Lethe itself, dull and silent, dingy and repulsive. Castle Richmond "I would rather that your glass should be a goblet brimmed from Lethe." An Original Belle I, all ungraced By gentle blood, I, whom you call Your friend, Maecenas, shall not taste Of death, nor chafe in Lethe's thrall. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace Belovèd, smoke my amber Pipe awhile And from its Bowl narcotic Joys beguile, Suck Lethe from its Stem - what though I trace A certain greenish Pallour in your Smile? The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr. Lethe was only a fable of the olden times. The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring How eagerly would he have drunk of Lethe's waters, could he have found the fabled stream! Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures "There is no Lethe for me, Miss Marian, so far as you are concerned." An Original Belle What would he not then have given for one full draught of Lethe's fabled waters. After the Storm He comes from East Lethe, New York State, and was working his way through college—waiting at White Mountain hotels in summer—when Archie Lanfear ran across him. Tales of Men and Ghosts Let us keep steadily on with the music, and lead our Eurydice right through Hades until we have her safely over the Lethe, and we know sentimentality only as a name. As a Matter of Course He had forgotten the very dreams they stood for: Lethe flowed between and only one voice reached across the torrent. The Valley of Decision If I call them into life across the waters of Lethe will not the poor ghosts troop to my call? Ulysses There is no cup of Lethe from which men drink forgetfulness, and yet I must forget. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends There could be no question of Dredge's going back to "teach school" at East Lethe. Tales of Men and Ghosts Had he, on his way hither from the convent, passed unwittingly through some river or rivulet of Lethe, that had carried away from him all his so carefully accumulated intellectual baggage of fact and theory? Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays You are happy to have tasted of the Lethe of indifference. Joseph II. and His Court We have drunken of Lethe at length, we have eaten of lotus; What hurts it us here that sorrows are born and die? A Century of Roundels From time to time, with Joan, she left the safe waters of Lethe and put an almost frightened foot into the swift main stream. Who Cares? a story of adolescence Pray for me; pray that God may let me drink of Lethe, that I may forget all that has ever been! Marie Antoinette and Her Son AEneas perceived before him a spacious valley, with trees gently waving to the wind, a tranquil landscape, through which the river Lethe flowed. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable One ought to bring hither a cup of the waters of Lethe, that the remembrance of pleasanter scenes may not heighten, at least, the natural dreariness of these.' The Mysteries of Udolpho That is, according to my reading, 'fat as thou art, thou wouldst be duller than the fat weed of Lethe if you did not bestir yourself in this business.' The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 365, April 11, 1829 Of all thy slaves below I most have laboured With service sung and said; Have cull'd such buds as blow, Soft poppies white and red, Where thy still gardens grow, And Lethe's waters weep. Ballads in Blue China Here at least he shares a temple in common with Athene, in which there is an altar dedicated to Lethe. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Silence reigns there; and from the bottom of the rock the River Lethe flows, and by its murmur invites to sleep. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable And so she saddled Lethe—an unregenerate pinto of the Southern Trail, whose concealed devilishness forcibly reminded one of Balzac's famous description: "A clenched fist hidden in an empty sleeve." Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course "You call this resting!" he said, dryly; then, looking at her drowned hair, added: "I see you have already entrusted your trouble to the waters of Lethe." The Patrician "Now kiss me, dear! it may be, now!" she said, Lethe had passed those lips, and he knew all. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 Oh! what has been thy long life, old Goody, but a dole of bread and water and a perch on a cage; a dreary swim round and round a Lethe of a pond? Roundabout Papers Round the aqueducts of story, As the mists of Lethe throng, Croton's waves in all their glory Troop in melody along. Poems What was left over was devoted to the insistent mouth of Lethe, who ever and anon tested the grip on her bridle-rein; ascertaining whether or not there were any symptoms of relaxation or abstraction. Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course Sure, reason finds that love his easy prey With Lethe aye at hand to point the way; With ordered fires like thine, I too could smother A heart in leash, find solace in another. Polyeucte This little stone, good Sabinus, is the record of our great friendship; ever will I require thee; and thou, if it is permitted, drink not among the dead of the water of Lethe for me. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Yet you know that whichever you touch will effuse but the water of Lethe, after all. Yet Again Nothing can be more beautiful or original than the use which he has made of the River of Lethe. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 Lethe felt that there was a passion that night riding her; a passion that far surpassed her own. Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course With her were a choice few of the genus homo, which obtains at the five-o'clock teas, instituted, say the sages, for the purpose of sprinkling the holy water of Lethe. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American By what I hear thou leavest such trace in me, and so bright, that Lethe cannot take it away nor make it dim. Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Purgatory And I again, "Master, where are Phlegethon and Lethe found, for of the one thou art silent, and of the other thou sayest that it is formed by this rain?" Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell As I rise, Its Lethe from my garment drips and flows. A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul Lethe was primarily a sprinter, and the gelding, raised to his greatest effort by the genius of his rider, outfought her, outstayed her. Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course Would that thy streams were Lethe, and might flow Where lotus blossoms blow, And all the sweets wherewith thy riches bless Might hold no bitterness! Songs, Merry and Sad And if thou canst not remember it," smiling she replied, "now bethink thee how this day thou hast drunk of Lethe. Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Purgatory Come, let's all take hands, Till that the conquering wine hath steep'd our sense In soft and delicate Lethe. Antony and Cleopatra Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep; If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep! Twelfth Night Or I am mad/ or else this is a dream:— Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep; If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep! Twelfth Night I find thee apt; And duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed That rots itself in ease on Lethe wharf, Wouldst thou not stir in this. Hamlet Here Lethe, so on the other side Eunoe it is called; and it works not if first it be not tasted on this side and on that. Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Purgatory Oh! what has been thy long life, old goody, but a dole of bread and water and a perch on a cage; a dreary swim round and round a Lethe of a pond? Some Roundabout Papers Lethe had passed those lips, and he knew all. Poems — Volume 1 Vainly did cruel death attempt to stay The rumor of thy virtuous renown, That Lethe's waters could not wash away! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow So the South-West smoulders and welters again in an 'Amnesty,' or Non-remembrance, which alas cannot but remember, no Lethe flowing above ground! The French Revolution Surely the Sussex ale is made of the waters of Lethe, of poppies and pleasant dreams. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll They know him no longer; or, if they do, they acknowledge not his power, having indeed as entirely forgotten themselves as if they had taken a large draught of the river of Lethe. Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon — Volume 1 He sank, to use the poet's expression, into the waters of Lethe, and his doings now lie buried in oblivion. Dead Souls |
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