Halcyone
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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His wife was the fair Halcyone, daughter of Æolus, ruler of the winds, and most perfectly did this king and queen love one another.
From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen
Then Iris, who could see beyond and through the darkness, had a vision of the beautiful Queen Halcyone, of Sicily, who mourned her shipwrecked husband, the captain of this ship.
From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin
Halcyone whimpered in her sleep as she looked on him, and Morpheus stooped over her and spoke the words that he had been told to say.
From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen
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
With a cry Halcyone started up, but Morpheus had fled, and there were no wet footprints nor drops of sea-water on the floor, marking, as she had hoped, the way that her lord had taken.
From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen
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