The Myth of Lelaps
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...what gifts the Goddess had bestow'd on her;
The fleetest greyhound, Lelaps, with this lovely dart,
And I of both have wonders to impart.
Near Thebes a savage beast, of race unknown,
Laid waste the field, and bore the vineyards down;
The swains fled from him, and with one consent
Our Grecian youth to chase the monster went;
More swift than light'ning he the toils surpast,
And in his course spears, men, and trees o'er-cast.
We slipt our dogs, and last my Lelaps too,
When none of all the mortal race wou'd do:
He long before was struggling from my hands,
And, e're we cou'd unloose him, broke his bands.
That minute where he was, we cou'd not find,
And only saw the dust he left behind.
I climb'd a neighb'ring hill to view the chase,
While in the plain they held an equal race;
The savage now seems caught, and now by force
To quit himself, nor holds the same strait course;
But running counter, from the foe withdraws,
And with short turning cheats his gaping jaws:
Which he retrieves, and still so closely prest,
You'd fear at ev'ry stretch he were possess'd;
Yet for the gripe his fangs in vain prepare;
The game shoots from him, and he chops the air.
To cast my jav'lin then I took my stand;
But as the thongs were fitting to my hand,
While to the valley I o'er-look'd the wood,
Before my eyes two marble statues stood;
That, as pursu'd appearing at full stretch,
This barking after, and at point to catch:
Some God their course did with this wonder grace,
That neither might be conquer'd in the chase.
The Metamorphosis from the works of Ovid
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Suspending New Orders Between February 16 & March 10, 2010
Due to logistical and time constraint problems in finishing and shipping orders in a timely manner, I am suspending any new orders between February 16 and March 10, 2010. I am hoping that this will give Marjory a chance to get caught up on all outstanding orders and to work out scheduling conflicts with her other fulltime job.
If we are able to get everything back on track and production problems resolved, we will restore order buttons on March 10th with many of the items out of stock since before Christmas once again ready to be ordered. New castings were done in January but since they have not yet been inventoried, I haven't been able to put up order buttons for them.
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My apologies to everyone who has waited an extended period of time to receive your orders and my sincere thanks for your patience. I truly hope these problems can be resolved so that Black Horse Design jewelry will be available again with a reasonable turnaround.
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Carmon