So hero searched the whole of world
To find the spot were gardens curled.
And hid from sight of men by gods
So mortals fail to inward trod
And gain the apples great and gold
By merely being strong and bold.
So hero sets on shore of stream
That glistens bright with sunny beams.
And ponders apples hidden plight
That gods have stowed away from sight.
Then out of river Nereids rise
When son of Zeus the spirits spy.
"What troubles ally of Nymphlike kind
And puts the hero in such a bind.
He sets on shore with deepest frown
And deep in stream his sorrows drown?"
At Nymphs the hero look and speaks
To tell the spirits goal he seeks.
"The golden apples king commands
Another feast the Tyrants plans.
But men can't find the place they're grown
A spell by gods is deeply sown.
Preventing men from finding tree
And taking fruit though fruit be free."
The Nereids ponders problem long
Then speaks their voice like river song.
"Nereus the son of sea and earth
Who knows the world along its girth."
An elder man this elder god
The oldest man where mortals trod.
He'll know where gods have kept the trees
And make them yield to likes of thee.
So find you Nereus over hills
In place where waters lie so still.
And bind him fast in deepest sleep
So many changing form may keep
The ropes you plad with magic ways
To bind the god where god be laid."
So hero thanks the spirits quick
Then look for god to pull his trick.
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Hercules and his Twelve Labors
Short StoryHercules must perform twelve labors to appease the Greek gods. Written in a fun sing songy style this poem tells the story of the Greek Demi-god Hercules, who is convicted of murder by the gods of Olympus. His patron goddess Hera convinces the other...
