Alcestis quotes

Past ruined Ilion Helen lives, Alcestis rises from the shades; Verse calls them forth; 'tis verse that gives Immortal youth to mortal maids.

-Walter Savage Landor
  'To Ianthe'.

Methought I saw my late espoused Saint Brought to me like Alcestis from the grave,

-John Milton
c.1658  Sonnets, no.19,'Methought I Saw'.