| 单词 | naiad |
| 例句 | Steam billowed up, sending several frightened naiads scrambling out of the water with half-woven wicker baskets. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Much like how being a naiad did not sound very fulfilling to her from a mortal perspective.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The grove was filled with satyrs and dryads and naiads up from the water—hundreds of them, anxious to hear what would happen. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Most assuredly. The pond can be a hazardous place. Return there now, and you would find friendly naiads beckoning you near the water in order to pull you under and drown you.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z On the morning the Romans were scheduled to leave, Piper was sitting on the pier at the canoe lake, trying to placate the naiads. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Based on what she had heard from Lena, there would be naiads eagerly waiting for her to get near the water. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The naiad looked like a girl of about sixteen, with full lips and a profusion of golden hair swirling about a face shaped like a valentine. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “A previous caretaker of this preserve had a fascination with naiads.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z You could see it in the faces of the demigods and satyrs and naiads coming up the hill. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It was a perfect keepsake from her stay—a paint-by-numbers drawn by a naiad depicting the location of the bravest act of her life. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “I just wanted to say good-bye. I really enjoyed our talks. I hope you don’t mind being a naiad again. Are you mad at me?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z People and satyrs and naiads all turned toward me, their faces filled with respect and gratitude, and as I passed, they knelt, as if I were some kind of hero. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The naiads had not given up—they were trying a different strategy! Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The pond was full of naiads who liked to drown people, which meant she needed a sturdy boat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She was beautiful as a nymph or a naiad. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He would wake up as a lord of the Wild with a bunch of beautiful naiads taking care of him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “The naiads tried to upset his craft every time he set forth, but it was too cleverly constructed. They succeeded only in pushing it around the pond.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Are you sure? She was a naiad to begin with.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The naiads, in pity for him, so bold and so young to die, buried him and carved upon the tomb:— Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A naiad had brought him a big platter of pastries, and as Tantalus spoke, his right hand chased a chocolate eclair across the judge’s- table. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z In the waters below, their young, the dragonfly nymphs, or naiads, prey on the aquatic stages of mosquitoes and other insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The former naiad was having harsh words with them in a foreign tongue, struggling in their grasp. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z To have naiads drown her, or to fall victim to a spell protecting a forbidden island? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Apparently a naiad had tossed her the key. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The herbs in the air reminded her of the hills around Camp Half-Blood in the summer, when the satyrs and naiads gathered wild plants in the lazy afternoons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The naiads spun her and rocked her some more. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Horrors lurked in the primeval forest, not nymphs and naiads. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The naiads had left with a lot of grumbling—not in words I could understand, but it was obvious they hated this dam blocking up their nice river. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “He said the guy had an obsession with naiads. What’s a naiad, anyhow?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “She told me she would never choose to return to life as a naiad,” Kendra said after a while. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Then I remembered the voice of the river naiad at the ranch: The water is within.me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Thanks to the low center of gravity, Kendra found that leaning was enough to prevent the boat from capsizing, but the naiads were relentless. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The boat pitched and rocked and spun, and then suddenly the naiads would heave in earnest, trying to catch her off balance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She had a pretty naiad’s face, a girl on the surface with a boy holding his breath just beneath. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, wonderful,” Dionysus sighed, as several naiads came forward to help Grover. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “The naiads respect the Fairy Queen. They’ll make sure the bowl ends up where it belongs.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Strange to think that Lena had once lived there as a naiad. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z On her eighth try using this technique, the naiads apparently lost interest. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She had never rowed a boat and could easily picture herself floundering, especially if nasty naiads were giving her a hard time. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Soon, the roof of the Ares cabin was burning, and naiads from the canoe lake rushed over to blow water on it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z As soon as we got in the river, I looked over the edge of the boat and found a couple of naiads staring at me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Percy had seen naiads that looked less pixieish than this lady. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In all, there were maybe a hundred campers, a few dozen satyrs, and a dozen assorted wood nymphs and naiads. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “My naiads told me you two were here.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There could be a hundred naiads waiting in ambush, or none—it was impossible to tell. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I kind of felt stupid, though, because I’d seen plenty of naiads at camp, and they’d never done much more than giggle and wave at me from the bottom of the canoe lake. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “But—” Gurgle, gurgle, the naiad spoke in my mind. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Do you think you could— Before I could even finish, the naiads each chose a canoe and began pushing us up the river. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z To my relief, the directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, working with the screenwriter Julia Cox, trace Diana’s mythic roots not just to the naiads, but to zealots like Captain Ahab. ‘Nyad’ Review: Neptune’s (Estranged) Daughter 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z In the German songs by Hugo Wolf and Richard Strauss, the transparent top range of Piau’s voice was beautifully suited to incarnate every sort of elf, naiad, night spirit, and lost waif possible. French soprano Sandrine Piau makes stunning D.C. debut 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The word “Nyad” is a derivation of “naiad,” the water nymph from Greek mythology. Review: 'Nyad' swims and sometimes sinks, but Bening's performance is Annette gain 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Leighton set his youthful figure — a classical nymph or naiad — in a Mediterranean setting. Perspective | Andrew Lloyd Webber wanted this painting. His grandmother called it junk. It was the perfect day for the naiads to hatch: warm and windless. Mayfly invasion, ripples in the sky and a jumping squid: Nature’s photo competition 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z There may be greener vales and hills Less bare to shelter man; But still they want the naiad rills,15 And miss the pipe of Pan. Poems on Travel 2012-04-23T02:00:31.163Z The Lares, quite unknown to the Greeks, were two in number, the children of Mercury and Lara, a naiad famous for her beauty as well as for her extreme loquacity, which no one could check. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z And now, as played with fierce physicality and grueling commitment by Annette Bening, Diana is a movie character: an impossible person who achieved the impossible, a naiad whose truer mythological counterpart might be Narcissus. Review: 'Nyad' swims and sometimes sinks, but Bening's performance is Annette gain 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z And in speaking of the true uses of imagination it was said, that we might be allowed to create for ourselves, in innocent play, fairies and naiads, and other such fictitious creatures. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z There, by the naiads nurs'd, he sports away His playful youth, amid the fragrant isles That with unfading verdure smile around. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The naiad willow, arching lowland brooks, speaks as water, very secretly. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z On seeing her, Salda�a thought of a naiad of the North, rising from an emerald river, in which cakes of ice were floating. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z It was Neptune, sure enough, trident and all, both his trident and he looking as large as life.—He was drawn along in a sledge by a party of naiads, and Amazon jades they looked. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z The hostess was as distinguished as her visitors; and never, before I went to Chenonceaux, did I associate naiads and dryads and poems of welcome with Catherine de'Medici. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z It is as if the naiads and fairies had deserted the sunbeams and fallen asleep. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z Less refined in their mythology than the Pagans, who regarded the earth, air and water as peopled with genii, naiads and fairies, they conceived them inhabited by malignant fiends. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Inside the grotto is a recumbent naiad holding a horn, from which the water falls down into a marble basin. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z A few steps forward and this nymph of the woods, this naiad of the mountains, plunged into the clear, cold waters of the pool—a water sprite and her fountain! The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z It is the general laundry of Tampico; and its margin is daily crowded, not with sylphs and naiads, but with a motley set of Indian women, more appropriately compared to ancient sybils, or modern gypsies. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z He had evolved the myth of a water-nymph or naiad, and there he stopped. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The Princess, however, expressed an especial disgust to the awkwardly cut gods and goddesses in freestone, naiads and dryads, with which the park, in former days, was filled. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z There were centauresses mounted by stallions, goats tumbled by meagre satyrs, virgins severed by monstrous bulls, naiads covered by stags, bacchantes loved by tigers, lionesses seized by griffins. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Down by the gray stone fountain, where a laughing naiad flung jets of water from her golden comb, Margaret turned back and looked upon my lady's lighted windows as Eve looked upon guarded Paradise. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z It seemed no far cry to the storied Mediterranean and Pan and dryads and naiads, as Hezekiah bound her reeds to the music of couplets. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z The earl, assisted by the captain and sailors, the next moment drew his half-drowned niece from the sea, dripping like a naiad, while the captain did the same office for the brave youth. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z I saw her emerging from the thickets of the dense wood, rising like a naiad from the fountains—hovering, like some goddess of the olden time, over the flowery meadows. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z The Greeks, in their first poetical age, peopled every grove and lake with fauns and naiads, or personified the primeval powers of nature. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z At times I thought also that those sand-hills and empty banks might be inhabited by invisible beings like the ancient Greek fauns, nymphs, or naiads. Life and Death And Other Legends and Stories 2011-04-02T02:00:10.393Z Her fair body against the dusky twilight seemed that of a naiad. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z Nymphs and naiads outline their shadowy forms in the mist of every cascade. The Girl From Tim's Place From afar Came the deep roar of waters, yet subdued To a melodious murmur, like the chant Of naiads, ere they take their noontide rest. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 You may mark the naiad rise From her pool's reflected skies; In her gaze the heaven that dreams, Starred, in twilight-haunted streams, Mixed with water's grayer gleams. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems The walls were hung with studies of cocottes pretending to be naiads and dryads, horrible women posed in the silvanity of a photographer's studio. Sinister Street, vol. 2 She had a high mirror fixed in the bathroom, so that she could see herself in her freshness, covered with pearly beads like a naiad. A Bed of Roses Sometimes a bark too distant to be visible would hail us on hearing these unusual strains; and faint sounds of applause would arrive as if from wandering naiads. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. It was a spot which nymph or naiad may haunt hereafter, when nymphs are born again in the new era. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Overhead, the guests may look down into the green waters and watch the bathers spring from the diving-boards or cavort about like young dolphins, tritons, or lightsome naiads. Seeds of Pine Maiden, crowned with glossy blackness, Lithe as panther forest-roaming, Long-armed naiad, when she dances, On a stream of ether floating. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History But when diverting yourself with these nut-brown naiads, they guide you in safety through perilous labyrinths, and shield you from all harm. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia Crab-apple buds, whose bells The mouth of April kissed; That hang,—like rosy shells Around a naiad's wrist,— Pink as dawn-tinted mist. The Garden of Dreams A naiad thereupon addressed him, saying that he must wander far before he could be reunited to his mystic fair one. Life of John Keats Besides Gillot, the great designer of fauns and naiads had returned there more flourishing than ever. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Maiden, crowned with glossy blackness, Lithe as panther forest-roaming, Long-armed naiad, when she dances, On a stream of ether floating,— Bright, O bright Fedalma! English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History The naiads cooled his burning brow, and gently sang him to sleep. Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children I Nymphs and naiads, come away, Love lies dead! Collected Poems Volume One Come from sequesteréd shoals of hell Blithe pixies and lithe naiads fair That revel till the ev'ning skies Grow lustrous as Arcadian noon. Betelguese A Trip Through Hell Art blended so cunningly with Nature one might almost mistake marble Venus for live goddess or flesh-and-blood naiads of the lake for carved caryatides. Orphans of the Storm A symbolical figure of the earth joys at his coming, and a concourse of naiads, nymphs, and dolphins wait upon his footsteps. The Venetian School of Painting So fairy-like was the sylvan scene that I half expected to see the curved branches open softly and disclose naiads or wood-nymphs. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' There came a scream of laughter from the wicked naiads who were sporting in the waves. The Land of Thor Some naiad Circe combs her hair far below the weeds, and has bewitched the wildfowl and the green cold water. Highways and Byways in Surrey Many times he climbed to the body of the naiad in the hope of discovering some method of escape, but at length he realized that the thing was impossible. A Royal Prisoner Thou hast a naiad's charm; Thy breezes scent the rose's breath; Old Time gives thee her palm. Poems Hence we have genii, dryads, naiads, ghosts, angels, demons, etc. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology She vanished like a naiad startled by the approach of a mortal. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands The mother was like a bubbling fountain of questions, constantly pouring forth; the daughter like the fountain's beautiful naiad, listening to its murmurs. The Sand-Hills of Jutland The central figure of the group, a naiad, beckoned with a hand from which the water fell in a shower. The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure Ye naiads smiling round, Sing Nature's poet in your lays! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 "Oh, no; but Arcady, you know, was the abode of sylvan queens—dryads and oreads and naiads," said the classic Jacques; "and you are like them." The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 He said he would go to a picnic only with nymphs and naiads. Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet Water devils are those naiads or water nymphs which have been heretofore conversant about waters and rivers. The Superstitions of Witchcraft There are nymphs and naiads moreover in the American depths: they may have had something to do with the duration of my dive. Embarrassments But the sculptor needed not to place the naiad quite so near—he must have been a very impudent man; it is impossible to look for a moment at such a piece of workmanship. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Jennie ran home in great haste as soon as she was free from her limping companion; and Dotty entered the side-door dripping like a naiad. Dotty Dimple at Her Grandmother's I might imagine myself "a nymph, a naiad, or a grace." Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Amphitrite entered in a car drawn by two dolphins and accompanied by fourteen tritons and fourteen naiads. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera I could not but compare it to some familiar spirit, guiding us through the earth, and I dabbled my fingers in its tepid water, which sang like a naiad as we progressed. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth They go right into the water, and splash about their things like naiads sporting; and anon returning to the bank, put forth their little strength in beating out the clothes. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Surrounded by her followers, Lady Rosamond appeared as a naiad holding revel with her sylvan subjects. Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton Above a pediment supported by doric pilasters is an attic with a naiad. How to Enjoy Paris in 1842 Intended to Serve as a Companion and Monitor, Containing Historical, Political, Commercial, Artistical, Theatrical And Statistical Information I don't quite know why they were called 'nymphs,' for nymphs and naiads had gone out of fashion when they reigned here as Queens of Beauty, in the sixteenth century. The Motor Maid Moreover, from time to time the slopes were much greater, the naiad sang more loudly, and we began to dip downwards in earnest. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A nymph, a naiad, or a grace, Of finer form or lovelier face. Familiar Quotations "Ah! then you know something about the naiads, my child?" The Home in the Valley I must pay one more visit to the naiads of Montmorenci. The History of Emily Montague We'll show you where the naiads sleep, And where the tritons dwell; The treasures of the unknown deep, The coral and the shell. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated The sylphs and naiads and dryads had already gone out of business. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him "And when I told you the water was fine, and you came in, too, they probably took you for a naiad." A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today "Have you come at last, my naiad queen?" said the youth. The Home in the Valley And as for Rose Mary, she stood framed against the fern-lined dusk at the back of the milk-house like a naiad startled as she emerged from her tree bower. Rose of Old Harpeth One of his advertisements announced his ability to imitate the coiffures of "gods, demons, heroes and shepherds, tritons, cyclops, naiads and furies." The Story of Versailles In the chalk, marine plants and naiades predominate. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 The Rusalki of the Russians, the Vila of the southern Slavic nations, the Leshie of several other tribes, nymphs, naiads, and satyrs, are still to be found in many popular tales and songs. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations "A naiad queen might bathe her feet before you; but I—" She ceased speaking, and a deep blush suffused her cheeks. The Home in the Valley She was a naiad of the old mythologies as she slipped through the green current, her hair streaming over her shoulders and her body moving effortlessly as a fish. White Shadows in the South Seas The Greek, desiring to make Nature one with humanity, peopled the grove and hillside with beautiful and fantastic forms, saw the god hiding in the thicket, and the naiad drifting with the stream. Reviews The bewildered gazer saw naiads and bearded sea-gods in place of angels and saints, and must needs imagine the champing of Poseidon's horses at the marble steps, straining towards the sea. The Marriage of William Ashe With them great rivers were gods, and spring naiads. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy No naiad haunts the rushy margin of our lakes, or hallows with her presence our forest-rills. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America Perhaps they imagined they saw a naiad flashing a pink shoulder through the waves, or an insanely joyous and drunken centaur galloping by, splashing up the water with his hoofs. Best Russian Short Stories Its chief charm to me is its obscurity; no curiosity-hunter or ordinary tourist has ever frightened away the dryads from its chestnut groves or the naiads from its fresh streams. The Cross of Berny Have the fleshly naiads, the muscular Tritons, the wanton Zephyrs, the diaphanous transparency of our water-sprites and sylphs? Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, To the grandeur that was Rome. The Pretty Lady All were beautiful, so that one might think he beheld those splendid naiads or nymphs of the fountains, so much celebrated by the ancients. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera The sea, perhaps, was higher than it is now, and the secrets of this cave were known only to Amphitrite and her court of sirens, naiads, and tritons. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 In another dozen, the harmless contest pertained to Grecian urns crowned with flowers, or dry dolphins, tritons, or naiads, rising from the bosoms of little gravel beds in miniature front yards. Round the Block Then at Iris' call come the naiads and the reapers for the dance. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England "She's like a naiad surprised by a shepherd"—he thought—and it is not improbable that at that moment he pressed his lips pretty close to the pale cheek that rested almost in his breast. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 The dragon that guards hidden treasure made sport for them, the naiads danced, and cherubim fluttered about singing very sweetly and asking droll conundrums. Figures of Earth She was on the defensive, ready for headlong flight, like a naiad startled. Madcap Was there a marble fountain, which superstition had dedicated to some sequestered naiad—it was surrounded by olives, almond, and orange trees—its cistern was repaired, and taught once more to retain its crystal treasures. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 373, Supplementary Number With them great rivers were gods; and springs, naiads. The Existence of God They expected to see shepherds playing on their pipes, and shepherdesses dancing, and naiads reclining on the shady banks of clear-running rivers. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 The air was peopled with sylphs, the water with undines or naiads, the bowels of the earth with gnomes, and the fire with salamanders. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 An ideal head, I presume," he went on; "a fanciful representation of one of the pagan goddesses—a Diana, a Flora, a naiad or dryad? Roderick Hudson How the couching dryads seem To root themselves as in a dream, And the naiads, wan and whist, To melt into an evening mist! Georgian Poetry 1911-12 The very nymphs would gather about her loom, naiads from the water and dryads from the trees. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew Not daring to look up, she sat like one rebuked, with the music flowing over her lips like the slow water from the urn of some naiad of stone fountain. Weighed and Wanting She was a child of the whole world, as the naiad is the child of the river, and the oread of the mountain. There & Back "She is neither a naiad nor a dryad," said Roderick, "and her name is as good as yours or mine." Roderick Hudson "There is not room for both," she declared, looking like a dripping naiad, as the rain-drops thickened about her. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada Oh, for a naiad's sparry bower, To shade me in that glowing hour! The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Such is the life attributed to the inanimate objects of nature, rocks, brooks, and trees; such are also the supernatural beings dwelling in the woods and mountains, nymphs, naiads, and satyrs. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Was she salamander or sylph, naiad or undine, oread or dryad?—But then she had such a head, and they were all rather silly! There & Back Upon it was heaped every known delicacy; by it waited youths handsome as Ganymede, and among the trees tripped naiads and nymphs of Diana, with fruits and flowers. National Epics The poet's hamadryad and naiad, what are they, indeed, but cobwebby fictions, which must be brushed away if ideal truth is to be revealed? The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Availing themselves of the opportunity Mavis and Merle took temporary possession of the naiads' dressing-room, and in the course of a few minutes more were revelling in a swim. Monitress Merle The currents of warm breeze streaming through the cooler body of the air had ceased to ruffle the lakelet round the fountain, and the naiads rode their sea-horses through a perfect calm. Indian Summer I am tired of mythological naiads in a constant state of pursuit. Linda Condon Kedzie was admitted to that sacred surf of the Spouting Rock Association now and she was as pretty a naiad as there was. We Can't Have Everything But these Ephemeræ, like all other naiads, want working out. Prose Idylls, New and Old ‘Come out to me, and if you stumble, the naiads will rise out of their depths, and “hold up their pearled wrists” to save their favourite.’ Yeast: a Problem This picture in the Dresden Gallery is a scene from the mythical story of a goddess who fell in love with the youthful son of a faun and a naiad. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People The nymph referred to here is one of the naiads, nymphs of fresh water. The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Wearing nothing beyond her chemise, it changed Catherine into a kind of mythological figure of a humid species like nymphs and naiads. The Queen Pedauque Now as for him, he had actually beheld naiads and dryads, nixies and pixies, at play—at least he had practically been upon the point of seeing them. Flowing Gold He loves the nymphs of mythology, the dryads, naiads, and the fairies. History of American Literature They had come to the dry fountain, with its great cracked basin, in the centre of which stood the parched naiad, pouring an endless nothing from her inverted vase. Warlock o' Glenwarlock From the basin which receives the water, a brook flows toward the background, where it spreads out into a lake, in which naiads are seen bathing and on the banks of which sirens are reclining. A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome. Aladdin O'Brien I feel like one of those smooth and lurking naiads which haunt lost pools—or like some ambushed water-sprite meditating malice, and slyly alert to do you a harm. The Hidden Children Indeed, he afterwards declared that a severe cold which troubled him for the next fortnight was attributable to his having held in his arms the damp form of the dishevelled naiad. Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green Familiar with the tittle-tattle and love tales of those distant lands he asked: "If the old marine god, with the long white beard, still pursued this mischievous naiad with his ridiculous love?" Life of Chopin I compared it to a friendly genius guiding us underground, and caressed with my hand the soft naiad, whose comforting voice accompanied our steps. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth The woods rang with the laughter of pixies and naiads and sprites. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million And then they took a stroll out among the trim parterres, and Mr. Arabin explained to Mrs. Bold the difference between a naiad and a dryad, and dilated on vases and the shapes of urns. Barchester Towers These two minutes, he said, lasted through a year, at least, which he spent in the company of a naiad, more beautiful than Venus, in a palace more splendid than even Versailles. The Paris Sketch Book Nymphs and naiads, sweetly smiling, Urge her bark with pearly hand, Merrily the sylph beguiling From the nooks of fairy-land. Poems From time to time, a steeper path appeared; our naiad then began to tumble before us with a hoarser murmur, and we went down with her to a greater depth. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth And then they took a stroll out among the trim parterres, and Mr Arabin explained to Mrs Bold the difference between a naiad and a dryad, and dilated on vases and the shapes of urns. Barchester Towers Their springs and groves were peopled by their fancy with naiads and dryads, not with trolls and grotesque goblins. The Unseen World and Other Essays He and his had woven a legend around this golden cavity adorned with lions' claws, dolphins and busts of naiads. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse There are nymphs and naiads moreover in the American depths: they may have had something to do with the duration of my dive. Glasses The naiads, nymphs, divine, have as their progeny Sileni, who are much more like myself, I take it, than like you. The Symposium |
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