"Moly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the menace indeed more silent? Ah, what care for labour and sorrow? Gods in the meadows of moly and amaranth surely might envy their deep sweet bed Here where the butterflies troubled the lilies of peace, and took no thought for the morrow, And golden-girdled bees made feast as over the ...
— Collected Poems - Volume One (of 2) • Alfred Noyes
... sovereign power Preserves from dark misfortune's hour. "And yet more medicinal is it than that Moly, That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave; He called it Haemony, and gave it me, And bade me keep it as of sovereign use 'Gainst all enchantment, mildew, blast, or damp, Or ghastly ...
— The Ramayana • VALMIKI
... been taken down from the door, and the blessed herb, moly, was incautiously thrown aside; neither had Goody Dickisson offered up the usual petition that evening, to be defended from the snares of the devil. Her discontent was too great, and she was in a fitter mood ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) • John Roby
... his companions into swine and other brutes, he first fortified himself against her charms with the herb Moly, an antidote Mercury had given him; and then rushing into her cave with his drawn sword, compelled her to restore his associates to their ...
— Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology - For Classical Schools (2nd ed) • Charles K. Dillaway
... "Moly-havers," retorted Cosh, who had a vague sense that Nestie, with his finished little manner, his English accent, his unusual dress, and his high-sounding name, was an offence to the Seminary. "Get yir hat oot o' there," and ...
— Young Barbarians • Ian Maclaren
... campana has been identified with the herb Moly (of Homer), "apo tou moleuein, from ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie |
