A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto UncollectedIncludes papers on Heathen mythology, Genii of antiquity, Genii and fairies of the East, etc. |
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Look , look yonder , elves ; Would not yon apples tempt a better conscience Than
any we have , to rob an orchard ? Ha ! Fairies , like nymphs with child , must have
the things They long for . You sing here a fairy catch In that strange tongue I ...
Look , look yonder , elves ; Would not yon apples tempt a better conscience Than
any we have , to rob an orchard ? Ha ! Fairies , like nymphs with child , must have
the things They long for . You sing here a fairy catch In that strange tongue I ...
Page 119
... set fire to his barn , hoping to burn the goblin with it . Turning round to look at
the blaze , as he was driving away , the goblin said , “ It was time to move , wasn't
it ? " There was a Nis that was plagued by a mischievous boy . He went one night
...
... set fire to his barn , hoping to burn the goblin with it . Turning round to look at
the blaze , as he was driving away , the goblin said , “ It was time to move , wasn't
it ? " There was a Nis that was plagued by a mischievous boy . He went one night
...
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I would comb my hair till my ringlets would fall , Low adown , low adown , From
under my starry sea - bud crown , Low adown and around : And I should look like
a fountain of gold Springing alone With a skrill inner sound , Over the throne In ...
I would comb my hair till my ringlets would fall , Low adown , low adown , From
under my starry sea - bud crown , Low adown and around : And I should look like
a fountain of gold Springing alone With a skrill inner sound , Over the throne In ...
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Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected |
| Author | Leigh Hunt |
| Editor | Joseph Edward Babson |
| Publisher | Roberts Brothers, 1870 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 6 May 2015 |
| Length | 368 pages |
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