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 76
... fairy - land . The pres- ent one belongs to Venus and Adonis . Right in the middest of that Paradise There stood a stately mount , on whose round top A gloomy grove of mirtle trees did rise , Whose shady boughes sharp steele did never ...
... fairy - land . The pres- ent one belongs to Venus and Adonis . Right in the middest of that Paradise There stood a stately mount , on whose round top A gloomy grove of mirtle trees did rise , Whose shady boughes sharp steele did never ...
Page 81
... FAIRIES . I. HE word fairy , in the sense of a little minia- ture being , is peculiar to this country , and is a southern appellation applied to a northern idea . It is the fee and fata of the French and Italians ; who mean by it an ...
... FAIRIES . I. HE word fairy , in the sense of a little minia- ture being , is peculiar to this country , and is a southern appellation applied to a northern idea . It is the fee and fata of the French and Italians ; who mean by it an ...
Page 82
... fairies , who live above ground , dancing on the grass , or sitting on the leaves of trees the fairy of our poets . They are fond of sunshine , and are ethereal little creatures . Second , the dark or under - ground fairies ( the dwarfs ...
... fairies , who live above ground , dancing on the grass , or sitting on the leaves of trees the fairy of our poets . They are fond of sunshine , and are ethereal little creatures . Second , the dark or under - ground fairies ( the dwarfs ...
Page 83
... fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinch'd and pull'd , she sed ; And he , by friar's lantern led ; Tells how the ... FAIRIES . 83.
... fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinch'd and pull'd , she sed ; And he , by friar's lantern led ; Tells how the ... FAIRIES . 83.
Page 84
... fairy religion ; but a poet's sins are apt to be too agreeable not to be forgiven . * The friar with his lantern ... fairy to that of a giant . mate and national character modify it ; parts of it 84 FAIRIES .
... fairy religion ; but a poet's sins are apt to be too agreeable not to be forgiven . * The friar with his lantern ... fairy to that of a giant . mate and national character modify it ; parts of it 84 FAIRIES .
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