Islands of the Blessed

American  

plural noun

Classical Mythology.

1. islands in the ocean at the remotest western end of the world, to which the souls of heroes and worthy persons were said to be transported after death.

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Islands of the Blessed British  

plural noun

1. Also called: Hesperides.  Greek myth lands where the souls of heroes and good men were taken after death

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Example Sentences

Actually, Ialu was a forerunner of the Greek Islands of the Blessed.

From Time Magazine Archive

For Hiawatha had disappeared forever in the kingdom of the North-west wind and the Islands of the Blessed.

From The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow by Stokes, Winston

Thus prepared, no wonder my eager little friend plunged headlong into the sea of doubts, impatient to cry, "Eureka!" and plant his foot upon the Islands of the Blessed.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 by Various

For her soul upon its journey To the Islands of the Blessed.

From The Canadian Elocutionist by Howard, Anna Kelsey

Speak of it to all the people, That henceforward and forever 185They no more with lamentations Sadden the souls of the departed In the Islands of the Blessed.

From The Song of Hiawatha An Epic Poem by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth