August 31, 2014 "Zephyrus"
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Zephyrus: the west wind personified
Zephyrus: the Greek god of the West Wind
See the exquisite prologue to Chauer's Canterbury Tales. I learned this by heart in Old English
during my studies at a Jesuit High School in St. Louis (SLUH) and it is one of my favorites…the coming of Spring:
"Whan zephyrus eek (also) with his sweeta breeth
inspired hath in every holt and heeth"
((when the west wind, zephyrus, has also with his sweet breath
has breathed into every holt and heath))
"Whan zephyrus eek (also) with his sweeta breeth
inspired hath in every holt and heeth"
((when the west wind, zephyrus, has also with his sweet breath
has breathed into every holt and heath))
This is my choice for the most poetic "z" word.
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