"Sistrum" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... him; Mummius, fool-renown'd, Who like his Cheops[422] stinks above the ground, Fierce as a startled adder, swell'd, and said, Rattling an ancient sistrum ...
— Poetical Works of Pope, Vol. II • Alexander Pope
... with unguents, and sold me to the people to amuse them. One evening, standing with the sistrum in my hand, I was coaxing Greek sailors to dance. The rain, like a cataract, fell upon the tavern, and the cups of hot wine were smoking. A man entered without ...
— The Temptation of St. Antony - or A Revelation of the Soul • Gustave Flaubert |
