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| CONTENTS | ||
| I. | —THE BUILDING | |
| II. | —THE COUNCIL | |
| III. | —THE FLITTING | |
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THE END OF
ELFINTOWN
BY
JANE BARLOW
ILLUSTRATED BY
LAURENCE HOUSMAN
LONDON
MACMILLAN & CO.
1894
Now would that he who knew so well
Of fierce Pigwiggin’s armour fell,
And angered Oberon’s wrath, to tell,
And how their feud was ended,{2}
Yea, would that he, ere hence he sped,
Had writ in gold, as I in lead,
For men to learn why Fays be fled,
And whitherward they wended.
Of fierce Pigwiggin’s armour fell,
And angered Oberon’s wrath, to tell,
And how their feud was ended,{2}
Yea, would that he, ere hence he sped,
Had writ in gold, as I in lead,
For men to learn why Fays be fled,
And whitherward they wended.
It hapt in ages far agone
A harmful spell was cast upon
That Elfin King, great Oberon,
And teen and trouble brought him;
And albeit none can track the skill
That wove the charm full-fraught with ill,
We wot the Bad Brown Witch’s will
Such perilous mischief wrought him.
A harmful spell was cast upon
That Elfin King, great Oberon,
And teen and trouble brought him;
And albeit none can track the skill
That wove the charm full-fraught with ill,
We wot the Bad Brown Witch’s will
Such perilous mischief wrought him.
For she by magic showed him clear,
In mirroring crystal of her mere,
A wondrous Town; ’twas many a year{3}
Ere yet its like were builded;
But thro’ her might of gramarie
She made the Elfin Prince to see
The grandest that on earth should be,
And most by wealth-wand gilded.
In mirroring crystal of her mere,
A wondrous Town; ’twas many a year{3}
Ere yet its like were builded;
But thro’ her might of gramarie
She made the Elfin Prince to see
The grandest that on earth should be,
And most by wealth-wand gilded.
’Twas shrunk, I trow, to seemly size
For straiter range of Elfin eyes,
But else it had its mortal guise,
No sight, no stir omitted,
...
For straiter range of Elfin eyes,
But else it had its mortal guise,
No sight, no stir omitted,
...