ye delicious fables, where the wave,     And wood, were peopled; and the air, with things So lovely — why, ah! […] Espousing his sister Titæa, from their union sprang the Titans, those giants of antiquity who occupy so important a position in the annals of Fable. […] The fable of Apollo is, perhaps, that which is most spread over the faith of antiquity. […] The beautiful fable of the winged deity’s love for Psyche, is the most pleasing of those related of him. […] To the story of Neptune, may be attached the beautiful fable of Arion, the illustrious rival of Amphion and Orpheus.