Word: goddess
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Some students at Exeter climbed eighty feet to the dome of the town hall, and dressed the Goddess of Justice in an old red skirt after the style of a Modoc squaw. The authorities had a hard time in getting the goddess right again...
...goddess, my queen, pledged me her love...
Dear to all hearts for its past, home of the Goddess of Counsel...
...walk only on a bed of roses. Around her neck there must be a bracelet, and a fillet on her forehead, to hold the front tresses when caught in the breezes. Her arms I leave untouched in chiaroscuro. Now, she is daintily and trimly dressed as any goddess might wish. How beautifully her white and lovely arm contrasts with the blue gown. Compare the picture, Antigone, with yourself, when you come to-morrow, and see whether I have painted you or Venus Urania...
...Goddess Minerva...