PAN

Related Subjects: Gods and Goddesses, Mythology, Superstition

1. Yet half a beast is the great god Pan,
   To laugh as he sits by the river.—ELIZABETH B. BROWNING, A Musical Instrument
   

2. And that dismal cry rose slowly
   And sank slowly through the air,
   Full of spirit's melancholy
   And eternity's despair!
   And they heard the words it said—
   "Pan is dead!—Great Pan is dead—
   Pan, Pan is dead."—ELIZABETH B. BROWNING, The Dead Pan
   

3. Of Pan we sing, the best of leaders Pan,
   That leads the Naiads and the Dryads forth;
   And to their dances more than Hermes can,
   Hear, O you groves, and hills resound his worth.—BEN JONSON, Pan's Anniversary Hymn
   

4. Pan himself,
   The simple shepherd's awe-inspiring god!—WORDSWORTH, The Excursion