The Rites of proserpine had many counterparts.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
The Rites of proserpine as conducted in the Mysteries of Antiquity furnish us with the means; and in what Servius has written we have the material ready.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
proserpine sends her back to her husband's side; and the "lost eyes" re-open beneath his gaze, while it still embraces her.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr