...Thus Milton, in conformity with these passages, describes his fairy night-scene : — " Faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain,...they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund musick charm his ear." Todd's Milton, 2d edit. vol. ii. pp. 368, 3G9. The music here alluded to is...

...dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless, like that Pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount, or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain,...ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds." I can only give another instance , though I have some difficulty in leaving off. " Round he surveys...

...in narrow room Throng numberless, like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount ; or faery elves, " How soon hath thy prediction, seer blest, Measur'd...the race of time, Till time stand fix'd ! Beyond is arbitrcss, and nearer to the Earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent,...

...fairy region, and beheld the gambols of the tiny The moon was now far up in the wide elves, which the belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead...ear, At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. Now, I imagined myself in an uninhabited World, where life was a thing of the past, and where inanimate...

...dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless, like that Pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount; or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side Or fountain,...earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth anddance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. Thus...

...influence on the traveller's mind, — — like that pigrnean race Beyond the Indian mount, or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain,...sees, Or dreams he sees, while over-head the moon Sits arbitrées, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course, they on their mirth and dance Intent, with...

...narrow room Throng'd numberless; like that pygmean race 780 Beyond the Indian mount, or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side Or fountain,...sees, Or dreams he sees, while over-head the moon Sits arhitress, and nearer to the earth 785 Wheels her pale corse, they, on their mirth and dance Intent,...

...that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount : or faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest-side Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams...over-head the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth [dance Wheels her pale course : they on their mirth and Intent, with jocund music charm his ear: At...

...generally with an imposing effect, being accompanied by the most exquisite harmony : " Like Fairy elves Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain,...some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while over head the moon Sits arbitress, and nearest to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their...

...side Or fountain, some helated peasant sees Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arhitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they,...charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rehounds. Thus incorporeal Spirits to smallest forms Reduced their shapes immense, and were at large,...