Echo and Narcissus for himself, echoing the manner in which Echo did earlier. A while later his body is gone, and in its place is a narcissus flower. The pale flower is still found near river banks so that it can be reflected in the water. Echo and Narcissus Echo and Narcissus is a myth from Ovid's "Metamorphoses", a Latin mythological epic from the Augustan Age. The introduction of the myth of the mountain nymph Echo into the story of Narcissus, the beautiful youth who rejected sexuality and falls in love with his own reflection, appears to have been Ovid's invention. Ovid's version
A Pleasant New Song Betwixt a Sailor and his Love The first eight stanzas are told from the perspective of the sailor, who has just returned home after a long sea voyage. At first, the sailor is worried that his love is angry at him for being away for so long, and that she has vowed not to speak to him when he returns. If that's the case, he promises to leave, but asks her first to kiss him and welcome him home. He goes on to promise that his heart remained fixed on her throughout his journey, that he was always true to her, and that no other woman