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The Fairy Family.
of a subject loaded with such extensive ramifications . By way of conclusion Ave may be allowed to quote , as referring to the matter we are quitting , a translation from the German of Matthisson , ancl then Ave Avill , in accordance with the sentiment expressed by an old Scottish poet , —
" Leave bogles , brownies , gyre-carlinges , and ghaists . " ***** * " What 'neath the moon so bright , As Fairies fleet and light—Our mirror clear and true , The meadow ' s starry dew ; The brook's soft moss we dancing tread ,
Sock on the vernal spray ' s green thread , Then seek in flower-cups soft our bed . " Pays of the mountain come , And ye by lakes that roam—Forth to the dew-peari'd green , Follow the elfin queen . In cobweb turban , silvery grey , Lit by the glow-worm ' s glini ' ring ray , Hie to the moonlight dance away .
" Let mantles fine and white , Bleaeh'd in the pale starlight On grave of maiden fair , Float round you light as air . Through moor , sedge , wold , through yellow grain , Down hill , up dale , from grove to plain , Haste hither to the sportive chain . " The broad-leaved nettle spreads
Safe arch above our heads , And mists , a silvery wall , Extend around our ball . We swiftly whirl , we lightly sweep , And grizzly gnomes , from caverns deep , Ply harp and viol as we trip . " Haste , join our giddy round ,
With cobweb kerchief crown'd ; Swift spins the elfin throng , In circling maze along . What foot so light as ne'er to slip We skim the sea with zephyr trip , Nor bows the grass beneath our step . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Fairy Family.
of a subject loaded with such extensive ramifications . By way of conclusion Ave may be allowed to quote , as referring to the matter we are quitting , a translation from the German of Matthisson , ancl then Ave Avill , in accordance with the sentiment expressed by an old Scottish poet , —
" Leave bogles , brownies , gyre-carlinges , and ghaists . " ***** * " What 'neath the moon so bright , As Fairies fleet and light—Our mirror clear and true , The meadow ' s starry dew ; The brook's soft moss we dancing tread ,
Sock on the vernal spray ' s green thread , Then seek in flower-cups soft our bed . " Pays of the mountain come , And ye by lakes that roam—Forth to the dew-peari'd green , Follow the elfin queen . In cobweb turban , silvery grey , Lit by the glow-worm ' s glini ' ring ray , Hie to the moonlight dance away .
" Let mantles fine and white , Bleaeh'd in the pale starlight On grave of maiden fair , Float round you light as air . Through moor , sedge , wold , through yellow grain , Down hill , up dale , from grove to plain , Haste hither to the sportive chain . " The broad-leaved nettle spreads
Safe arch above our heads , And mists , a silvery wall , Extend around our ball . We swiftly whirl , we lightly sweep , And grizzly gnomes , from caverns deep , Ply harp and viol as we trip . " Haste , join our giddy round ,
With cobweb kerchief crown'd ; Swift spins the elfin throng , In circling maze along . What foot so light as ne'er to slip We skim the sea with zephyr trip , Nor bows the grass beneath our step . "