{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/pos/pos32.htm","path":"cla/pos/pos32.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/pos/pos32.htm","text":"The Poems of Sappho, by John Myers O'Hara, [1910]\nAres said he would drag\n \u00a0\u00a0Hephestus by force\n From Poseidon's palace\n \u00a0\u00a0Deep down in the sea;\n \u00a0\u00a0Where he had fashioned\n The cunning throne\n \u00a0\u00a0With the secret chains.\nHe presented the throne,\n \u00a0\u00a0Forsooth, as a gift\n To the queen of heaven;\n \u00a0\u00a0But Hera soon found\n \u00a0\u00a0For revenge on her\n Who had him cast\n \u00a0\u00a0From the home of Gods.\nFor secure in its clasp\n \u00a0\u00a0Of adamant gold\n She was held imprisoned,\n \u00a0\u00a0The prey of his guile;\n \u00a0\u00a0And Hephestus knew\n By him alone\n \u00a0\u00a0Could the queen be freed.\nBut the great God of war\n \u00a0\u00a0Made boast of his strength;\n He would bring the forger\n \u00a0\u00a0Of metals and tricks\n \u00a0\u00a0On high to release\n Hera, and end\n \u00a0\u00a0Her enraged despair.\nAres said he would drag\n \u00a0\u00a0Hephestus by force,\n But was made to waver\n \u00a0\u00a0And flee when assailed\n \u00a0\u00a0With a blazing brand\n By the dark God\n \u00a0\u00a0Of the underworld.","title":"The Poems of Sappho: Partheneia: Didaktika: The Boast of ...","type":"page"}