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...Familiei. Antwerp, 1605. INTRODUCTION TO THB TALE OF TAMLANE. ON THE FAIRIES OF POPULAR SUPERSTITION. " Of airy elves, by moon-light shadows seen, The silver token, and the circled green. — POPE. IN a work, avowedly dedicated to the preservation of the poetry and tradition of the " olden...

...said, or seem'd to say : " Fairest of mortals, thou distinguish'd care Of thousand hright inhahitants of air! If e'er one vision touch'd thy infant thought, Of all the nurse and all the priest have taught; SO Of airy elves hy moonlight-shadows seen, The silver token, and the circled green. Or virgins visited...

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