Halcyone
READING AGE 16+
(1912)
TO THE MEMORY OF MY KIND FRIEND LORD ST. HELIER, WHOSE SYMPATHY WITH MY CLASSICAL STUDIES SO GREATLY ENCOURAGED THEM.
"And now they are past the last blue headland and in the open sea; and there is nothing round them but the waves and the sky and the wind. But the waves are gentle and the sky is clear, and the breeze is tender and low; for these are the days when Halcyone and Ceyx build their nest and no storms ever ruffle the pleasant summer sea. And who were Halcyone and Ceyx?
Halcyone was a fairy maiden, the daughter of the beach and of the wind. And she loved a sailor-boy and married him; and none on earth were so happy as they. But at last Ceyx was wrecked; and before he could swim to the shore, the billows swallowed him up. And Halcyone saw him drowning and leapt into the sea to him; but in vain. Then the Immortals took pity on them both, and changed them into two fair sea-birds, and now they build a floating nest every year and sail up and down for ever upon the pleasant seas of Greece."--from The Heroes, Charles Kingsley.
Unfold
The Palace of the Czsars was lying in blazing heat when Halcyone and the
Professor decided to spend the afternoon there. People had warned them
not to get to Rome until October, but they were both lovers of the sun,
and paid no heed. It would be particularly delightful to have the
eternal city to themselves, and they had ……
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