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Zephyrus  n.  The west wind, or zephyr; usually personified, and made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities. "Mild as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes."






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"Zephyrus" Quotes from Famous Books



... Eos, was the Goddess of Dawn. She was the mother of Boreas, Zephyrus, Eurus, and Notus, the north, west, east, and south winds. Another of her sons was Memnon, King of AEthiopia, who was slain by Achilles. Ever since his death Aurora has wept constantly, and the dew of the early morning is caused ...
— Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various

... through the trembling ayre Sweete-breathing Zephyrus did softly play A gentle spirit, that lightly did delay* Hot Titans beames, which then did glyster fayre; When I (whom sullein care, Through discontent of my long fruitlesse stay In princes court, and expectation vayne Of idle hopes, which still doe fly away Like empty shadows, did ...
— The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 • Edmund Spenser



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