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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt:... the left to his lips meditatively. While he thus stands reconnoitering and pondering, Mercury suddenly appears before him, stepping noiselessly from the shadow of a tree upon the Left. At this apparition Ulysses draws back an instant with head slightly bowed, while his hand leaves the sword and is lifted to a reverential gesture. The demeanor of Mercury is easy and gracious. His insignia, though plainly recognizable, are less conspicuous and brilliant than they appeared in Scene II. Mercury Taking the up-lifted hand of Ulysses Whither now, fate-worn wanderer, whither tending Thread'st thou the dim paths of this briery steep? What region holds thee or perchance what guile Lurks in its mazy folds, wouldst thou not prove?--Ere to that dome ascending, where in foul sties Thy luckless comrades grovel now and groan, To swinish shape by the enchantress changed! As the god speaks he withdraws his hand and indicates the direction of the palace. Ulysses recoils slightly at the last words of Mehcury. One only, so minded that in Circe's song He read the bane it glozed, did value well His safety and proclaim'd their loss.--Whom thou Aimest forsooth to rescue and redeem! Rather methinks the porcine couch to share With them and vanish from men, came not Some guardian hand between.--But lo! there grows An antidote--a good drug, that shall check The baleful magic of her potions. mercury pulls from the ground, moving aside the undergrowth which concealed it, a small plant and shows it to Ulysses. See! Black at the root, milk-white the flower; 't is moly: So to the immortals known; of men, scarce found. ulysses receives the herb from the hand of the god with an air of profound attention and a shade of wonder. Now may thy steps to yon weird mansion mount And tread its halls u...