The Fable of Cupid and Psyche, Tr. [By T. Taylor]; To Which Are Added, a Poetical Paraphrase on the Speech of Diotima, in the Banquet of Plato, Four Hymns, &C. to Which Are Added, a Poetical Paraphrase on the Speech of Diotima, in the Banquet of Plato, Four Hy (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1795. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... I N the mean time the parents of Psyche grew old in unwearied sorrow and lamentation; and the report of her destiny becoming more widely extended, her elder sisters came to know all the particulars respecting it, and immediately, being overwhelmed with sorrow, hastened to the presence of their afflicted parents. On that very night the husband of Psyche thus addressed her, (for the hands and the ears were the only mediums of their present communication: )-- "Most charming Psyche, and dear wife, more cruel fortune now threatens thee with a deadly danger, which, I think, ought to be guarded against with the utmost attention: for now your sisters, who are disturbed through the belief of your death, in consequence of endeavouring to find out the place of your abode, will soon arrive at the rock on C which you were lately exposed. If you should chance to hear any of their lamentations, neither make them any reply, nor even turn your eyes towards them; for, by doing otherwise, you will be the cause of the greatest grief to me, and of extreme destruction to yourself." Psyche assented, and promised that she would act agreeably to her husband's desire. But as soon as he together with the night were fled, the most miserable Psyche consumed the whole day in tears and lamentations; exclaiming that she was now entirely lost indeed, since, securely confined in a blessed prison, she was deprived of human conversation, and not permitted to give salutary assistance to her sorrowing sisters, nor even so much as to see them. Neither refreshing herself therefore with the bath, nor with food, but weeping abundantly, she retired to rest. But her husband coming more early than usual, and embracing her weeping, thus expostulated with her: "Is this, my Psyche, what you promised m...