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.

-Landor,Walter Savage
  'To Ianthe'.

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

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

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