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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Page 111
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 119
... look at the blaze , as he was driving away , the goblin said , “ It was time to move , wasn't it ? " • There was a ... Look at my little leg ! Look at my little leg ! " By this time the boy got up dreadfully tired with his dream , and ...
... look at the blaze , as he was driving away , the goblin said , “ It was time to move , wasn't it ? " • There was a ... Look at my little leg ! Look at my little leg ! " By this time the boy got up dreadfully tired with his dream , and ...
Page 205
... look like a fountain of gold Springing alone With a shrill inner sound , Over the throne In the midst of the hall ; Till that great sea - snake under the sea , From his coiled sleeps , in the central deeps , Would slowly trail himself ...
... look like a fountain of gold Springing alone With a shrill inner sound , Over the throne In the midst of the hall ; Till that great sea - snake under the sea , From his coiled sleeps , in the central deeps , Would slowly trail himself ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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