At every dissolving smile of her Circean ladyship, she thought she beheld the intoxicating cup at the lips of Thaddeus, and dreaded its effect.
"Thaddeus of Warsaw"
Jane Porter
Glancing my eyes athwart the sea, I fixed them on the Circean promontory, which lies right opposite to Terracina, joined to the continent by a very narrow strip of land, and appearing like an island.
"Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents"
William Beckford
The sea brightened, and the Circean rock soon glowed with purple.
"Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents"
William Beckford