Category: Poetry
The Old English _Physiologus_, or _Bestiary_, is a series of three brief poems, dealing with the mythical traits of a land-animal, a sea-beast, and a bird respectively, and deducing from them certain moral or religious lessons. These three creatures are selected from a much la...
The Old English _Physiologus_, or _Bestiary_, is a series of three brief poems, dealing with the mythical traits of a land-animal, a sea-beast, and a bird respectively, and dedu...
2. Chapter 2whereupon there issues a ravishing perfume from his inwards, by which other kinds of fish are beguiled. With lively motions they swim to where the sweet odor comes forth, and th...