Halcyone
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Somnus, gentlest of the gods, and soother of careworn hearts," she said, "will you not allow me to despatch a dream to Halcyone about her husband whom she mourns.
From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin
On this, Morpheus appears to Halcyone, in the form of her husband, and she is changed into a kingfisher; into which bird Ceyx is also transformed.
From The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)
They became the Halcyone gulls of the sea, riding the surf together, guarding their nest that floated upon the sea, and never again separated.
From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin
The stormy winds have sunk my ship in the Aegean Sea," he told Halcyone, "let me not be alone.
From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin
To break the fierce assaults of sea and of storm there had been built out from the shore a mole, and on to this barrier leapt the distraught Halcyone.
From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen
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