Cyrena'ic Shell (The), the lyre or strain of Callini'achos, a Greek poet of Alexandria, in Egypt. Six of his hymns in hexameter verse are still extant.
For you the Cyrenaic shell
Behold I touch revering.
Akenside,
Hymn to the Naiads
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Cyr'ic (St.), the saint to whom sailors address themselves. The St. Elmo of the Welsh.
The weary mariners
Called on St. Cyric's aid.
Southey,