...and Wieland's Oberon. Milton, too, — even the sublime Milton — has stooped to celebrate - Those fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side,...he sees ; while overhead the moon Sits arbitress. Collins has exercised the powers of his fancy on subjects of this sort, and has celebrated many a witch-told...

...petits nains, s'entassent sans nombre dans un espace étroit : ils Beyond the Indian mount ; or faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or...sees, Or dreams he sees, while over-head the moon Sits arbitrées, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course : they, on their mirth and dalice Intent,...

...of his prettiest passages ; for prettiness can be applied to him as well as sublimity. He talks of fairy elves — ' Whose midnight revels by a forest...fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees.' At eighteen I could not bear this ' dreams;' I wanted reality ; and I believe I was full thirty before,...

...one of his prettiest passages; for prettiness can be applied to him as well as sublimity. He talks of fairy elves— ' Whose midnight revels by a forest...fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees.' At eighteen I could not bear this ' dreams;' I wanted reality; and I believe I was fully thirty before,...

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...smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless ; like that Pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount ; or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side...arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund musick charm his ear; At once with joy and fear...

...following Sfakian story also has a resemblance to the legends of our northern mythology, with its ' fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side,...sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitresa ; — they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear." " Two men...

...smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless, like that Pygmean race 780 Beyond the Indian mount, or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side,...some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while over head the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth 785 Wheels her pale course ; they, on their...

...contained in the Danish book, and not a whit less marvellous than such as I have already told — " . of fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side,...some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees; while over head the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course." My tales, however,...

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