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Page 175
... Sylphs aloft repair , 65 And sport and flutter in the fields of Air . " Know further yet ; whoever fair and chaste Rejects mankind , is by some Sylph embrac'd : For Spirits , freed from mortal laws , with ease Assume what sexes and what ...
... Sylphs aloft repair , 65 And sport and flutter in the fields of Air . " Know further yet ; whoever fair and chaste Rejects mankind , is by some Sylph embrac'd : For Spirits , freed from mortal laws , with ease Assume what sexes and what ...
Page 176
... Sylphs thro ' mystic mazes guide their way , Thro ' all the giddy circle they pursue , And old impertinence expel by new . What tender maid , but must a victim fall 95 To one man's treat , but for another's ball ? When Florio speaks ...
... Sylphs thro ' mystic mazes guide their way , Thro ' all the giddy circle they pursue , And old impertinence expel by new . What tender maid , but must a victim fall 95 To one man's treat , but for another's ball ? When Florio speaks ...
Page 180
... Sylph too fondly interposed ; Fate urged the shears , and cut the Sylph in twain , ( But airy substance soon unites ... Sylphs withdrew , And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew , Umbriel , a dusky , melancholy sprite , As ever sully'd the ...
... Sylph too fondly interposed ; Fate urged the shears , and cut the Sylph in twain , ( But airy substance soon unites ... Sylphs withdrew , And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew , Umbriel , a dusky , melancholy sprite , As ever sully'd the ...
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