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Circe quotes

  • His body was as straight as Circe's wand; Jove might have sipped out nectar from his hand.

    - Christopher Marlowe
      Hero and Leander (published1598), pt.1, l.61^2.

  • His true Penelope was Flaubert, He fished by obstinate isles; Observed the elegance of Circe's hair Rather than the mottoes on sundials.

    - Ezra Loomis Pound
      Hugh Selwyn Mauberley, pt.1.

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