Ione A Tale of Ephesus (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Ione: A Tale of Ephesus N davs of seedtime of the Christian faith, When men were seeking every where for light, Or clasping old traditions close, there lived At Ephesus a venerable Greek Called Ctesiphon. The changing years had left Their grief as well as gladness in his heart; His life-long friend, Antonius of Rome, Coming on business ventures, year by year, Had been persuaded, ere his last return, To leave awhile his young son, Marius; But midway in the voyage the treacherous wind6 lone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.