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Since then temples of the Queen of Heaven are to be found in all sea-port towns, and her birthday is celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth month with spectacles and sacrifices. Tian Hou, since the establishment of the Manchu dynasty, is one of the officially recognized godheads. Long before the time of Fu Hi, Dschu Yung, the Magic Welder, was the ruler of men.
But when the glorious light of the sun had gone down into darkness, All to their dwellings departed, desiring the softness of slumber Each to the separate dome, in the skill of his prudent contrivance Rear'd by the halting Hephæstus, artificer fam'd of the Godheads.
Silently Thetis approach'd him and sate by his side; and the Goddess, Grasping his knees with her left, and caressing his chin with the right hand, Earnestly lifted her voice, and petition'd the King Everlasting: "Father! if ever of old I was helpful to thee among Godheads, Either in word or in deed, let the boon that I crave be conceded Honour deny not to him whom I bore to mortality fore-doom'd Earliest far of mankind; for the Sov'reign of men, Agamemnon, Basely dishonours my son, and has seiz'd and possesses his guerdon.
Such, your Godheads, is the nature of this vermin. 'There is a special insolence in those who call themselves Epicureans; these go so far as to lay their hands on our character; we take no interest in human affairs, they say, and in fact have nothing to do with the course of events.
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