Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded... Medii Ævi Kalendarium: Or, Dates, Charters, and Customs of the Middle Ages - Halaman 56 oleh Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841 Tampilan utuh -
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