 And thou shouldst pay the forfeit high, But well I know her sinless mind Is pure as the angel forms above, Gentle and meek, and chaste and kind, Such as a spirit well might love, Fairy! had she spot or taint, Bitter had been thy punishment. Tied to the...  The Culprit Fay: And Other Poems - Page 6by Joseph Rodman Drake - 1923 - 49 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 522 pages
...chain, Thy flame-wood lamp is quenched and dark. And thy wings are dyed with a deadly stain— Thou hast sullied thine elfin purity In the glance of a...thou shouldst pay the forfeit high, But well I know the sinless mind Is pure as the angel forms above. Gentle and meek, and chaste and kind. Such as a... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 530 pages
...eye, Thou hast scorned our dread decree, And thou shouldst pay the forfeit high, But well I know the sinless mind Is pure as the angel forms above, Gentle...chaste and kind, Such as a spirit well might love"— His majesty goes on to observe, that had the maiden been stained with the slightest'spot or blemish,... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 304 pages
...chain, Thy flame-wood lamp is quenched and dark, And thy wings are died with a deadly stain — Thou hast sullied thine elfin purity In the glance of a...pay the forfeit high, But well I know her sinless iiind 24 THE CULPRIT FAY. Is pure as the angel forms above, Gentle and meek, and chaste and kind .... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...elfin chain ; Thy flame-wood lamp is quench'd and dark, And thy wings are dyed with a deadly stamThou hast sullied thine elfin purity In the glance of a mortal maiden's eye, Thou hast scorn'd our dread decree, And thou shouldst pay the forfeit high, But well I know her sinless mind... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...chain, Thy flame- wood lamp is quenched and dark, And thy wings are dyed with a deadly stain : Thou hast sullied thine elfin purity In the glance of a mortal maiden's eye, Thou hast scorned and broken our dread decree, And thou should'et pay the forfeit high, But well l know her sinless mind... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pages
...Fairy ! Fairy ! list and mark : Thou hast broke thine elfin chain ; Thy flame-wood lamp is quench'd and dark, And thy wings are dyed with a deadly stainThou...In the glance of a mortal maiden's eye, Thou hast scorn'd our dread decree, And thou shouldst pay the forfeit high, But well I know her sinless mind... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...elfin chain; Thy flame-wood lamp is quenched and dark, And thy wings are dyed with a deadly stain: Thou hast sullied thine elfin purity In the glance of a...chaste and kind, Such as a spirit well might love; V , Fairy! had she spot or taint, Bitter had been thy punishment. Tied to the hornet's shardy wings;... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...mark : Thou hast broke thine elfin chain; Thy flame-wood lamp is quench'd and dark, And thy wings arc dyed with a deadly stainThou hast sullied thine elfin...In the glance of a mortal maiden's eye, Thou hast scorn'd our dread decree, And thou shouldst pay the forfeit high, But well I know her sinless mind... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...mark : Thou hast broke thine elfin chain ; Thy flame-wood lamp is quench'd and dark. And thy wings arc dyed with a deadly stainThou hast sullied thine elfin...In the glance of a mortal maiden's eye, Thou hast scorn'd our dread decree, And thou shouldst pay the forfeit high, But well I know her sinless mind... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1860 - 86 pages
...chain; Thy flame-wood lamp is quenched and dark, And thy wings are dyed with a deadly stain — Thou hast sullied thine elfin purity In the glance of a mortal maiden's 1 eye, Thou hast scorned our dread decree, And thou shouldst pay the forfeit high, But well I know... | |
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