Halcyone
Britishnoun
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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 Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
As the ship went down, the captain cried out in longing, "Halcyone!"
From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
And at that moment Halcyone fell into a deep and happy dream in which she saw her husband.
From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
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 Helen Stratton
I must go," said the king to Halcyone, "on a long journey across the seas.
From Stories of Birds by Lenore Elizabeth Mulets
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