ahydos

Updated: June 4, 2025

One of the three was the lamp of Diogenes, another that of Guy Fawkes, and the third that which Hero set forth to the midnight breeze in the high tower of Ahydos. "See!" said the virtuoso, blowing with all his force at the lighted lamp. The flame quivered and shrank away from his breath, but clung to the wick, and resumed its brilliancy as soon as the blast was exhausted.

Nathaniel Hawthorne - A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")