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    The Spawn of Ixion, Or The 'Biter Bit', An Allegory
    The Spawn of Ixion, Or The 'Biter Bit', An Allegory
    The Spawn of Ixion, Or The 'Biter Bit', An Allegory
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    The Spawn of Ixion, Or The 'Biter Bit', An Allegory

    By James Ewing Cooley

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    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Title: The Spawn of Ixion, Or The 'Biter Bit', An Allegory

      Author: James Ewing Cooley

      Release Date: May 18, 2011 [EBook #36135]

      Language: English

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      THE

      SPAWN OF IXION;

      OR,

      The 'Biter Bit.'

      AN

      ALLEGORY.

      FORGE OF VULCAN.

      1846.

      THE SPAWN OF IXION.

      When Ixion from heaven was hurl'd

      To hell, to be for ever whirl'd

      In a perpetual damning wheel,

      The pit's eternal pains to feel;

      'Twas for a bestial, vulgar deed,

      Whereby that mortal did succeed

      In sinking Juno to the sod—

      Seducing e'en that beaut'ous god!

      Abomination foul, was this,

      To ruin lovely Juno's bliss!—

      To raise in heaven domestic strife,

      'Twixt Jupiter and his lov'd wife!—

      With sins that never were forgiven,

      To scandalize the court of heaven!

      When Jupiter in pity took

      This

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