Mythology & Folklore
Mercury Carries Psyche to Olympus
Translated by Elizabeth Barrett Browning · From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 5
Mythology & Folklore
Then Jove commanded the god Mercury
To float up Psyche from the earth. And she
Sprang at the first word, as the fountain springs,
And shot up bright and rustling through his wings.
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Codex Note
From Apuleius, Metamorphoses, Book VI.
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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. “Mercury Carries Psyche to Olympus.” Translated by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/browning_e/382/.
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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. “Mercury Carries Psyche to Olympus.” Translated by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/browning_e/382/.
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