 They crouched them close in the darksome shade, They quaked all o'er with awe and fear, For they had felt the blue-bent blade, And writhed at the prick of the elfin spear ; Many a time, on a summer's night, When the sky was clear and the moon was bright,...  The American Monthly Magazine - Page 711835Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1835 - 226 pages
...writhed at the prick of the elfin spear ; Many a time on a summer's night, When the sky was clear and the moon was bright, They had been roused from the haunted...and bay of the fairy hound ; They had heard the tiny bugle horn, They had heard the twang of the maize-silk string, When the vine-twig bows were tightly... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1836 - 110 pages
...writhed at the prick of the elfin spear ; Many a time on a summer's night, When the sky was clear and the moon was bright, They had been roused from the haunted...yelp and bay of the fairy hound; They had heard the tfhy bugle horn, They had heard the twang of the maize-silk string, When the vine-twig bows were tightly... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 302 pages
...the darksome shade, They quaked all o'er with awe and fear, For they had felt the blue-bent blade, They had been roused from the haunted ground, By the...the tiny bugle-horn, They had heard the twang of the maize-silk string, When the vine-twig boughs were tightly drawn, And the nettle shaft through air was... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 304 pages
...Many a time on a summer's night, When the sky was clear, and the moon was bright, 38 THE CULPRIT FAY. They had been roused from the haunted ground, By the...the tiny bugle-horn, They had heard the twang of the maize-silk string, When the vine-twig boughs were tightly drawn, And the nettle shaft through air was... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...writhed at the prick of the elfin spear; Manv a time, on a summer's night. When the sky was clear and the moon was bright, They had been roused from the haunted...the tiny bugle-horn, They had heard the twang of the maize-silk string, When the vine-twig bows were tightly drawn, And the needle-shaft through air was... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pages
...writhed at the prick of the elfin spear; Many a time, on a summer's night, When the sky was clear and the moon was bright, ^ They had been roused from the haunted...and bay of the fairy hound; They had heard the tiny bugle-hom, They had heard the twang of the maize-silk string, When the vine-twig bows were tightly... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...writhed on the point of the elfin spear; Many a time on a summer night, When the sky was clear and the moon was bright, They had been roused from the haunted...and bay of the fairy hound ; They had heard the tiny bugle horn, They hod heard the twang of the maize-silk string, When the vine-twig bows were tightly... | |
 | 1845 - 614 pages
...writhed at the prick of the elnn spear; Many a time, on a summer's night, When the sky was clear and the hose sonf Wont to waft my darts along .' Scented airs...those sighs of rose which bring Incense from their wan maize-silk string, When the vine-twig bows were tightly drawn, And the needle-shaft through air was... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...writhed at the prick of the elfin spear; Many a time, on a summer's night, When the sky was clear and the moon was bright, They had been roused from the haunted...and bay of the fairy hound ; They had heard the tiny buglc-hom, They had heard the twang of the maize-silk string, When the vine-twig bows were tightly... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1859 - 84 pages
...summer's night, When the sky was clear and the moon was bright, They had been roused from the haunted By the yelp and bay of the fairy hound; They had heard...the tiny bugle-horn, They had heard the twang of the maizesilk string, When the vine-twig bows were tightly drawn, And the needle-shaft through air was... | |
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