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^GLE AND THE ELF, 
 
 A FANTASY. 
 
 B, M, ^pi,AND, 
 
 AUTHOR OF " SIR RAE," "iRIS," " ONTI ORA," "THE INCA PRINCESS," ETC. 
 
 ILLUSTRATED 
 
 WITH PHOTOGRAVURES OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY EMINENT ARTISTS. 
 
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 PHILADELPHIA : 
 
 J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. 
 
 London : 10 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. 
 
 1887. 
 
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 Copyright, 1886, by J. B. Lippincott Company. 
 
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 Tr£E Nymph's caverned cell Frontispiece. 
 
 Modelled by Theodor Buur. 
 
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 The moonbeams were lighting the watery way page 13 
 
 Drawn by Wtn. SI. John Harper. 
 
 The lovely young Naiads were swaying the tree 17 
 
 Drawn by II. Siddons Mowbray. 
 
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 When lo! a fair vision arose on the tide 21 
 
 Drawn by F. 8. Church. 
 
 Surprising a young woodland Elf 25 
 
 Drawn by F. 8. Church. 
 
 On a tree-top he sat, with a quizzical face 29 
 
 Drawn by W. Hamilton Gibson. 
 
 Seemed waving her form from his sight ."?;} 
 
 Drawn by Wni. St. John Harper. 
 
DRAWINGS 
 
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 Three lovely young Naiads arose on the tide page 37 
 
 Drawn by S. W. Van Schaick. 
 
 He blindly plunged into the tide 41 
 
 I>raw7i by H. Siddons Mowbray. 
 
 The Naiads had vanished like flashes of light 45 '■ 
 
 Drawn by Jcusic Shepherd. 
 
 "Young Elfin, thyself in thy element keep!" 49 * 
 
 Drawn by Jessie Shepherd. 
 
 All dripping and skipping he o'er the bank sped 53 
 
 Drawn by W. HatniUon Gibson. 
 
 I suddenly woke from my nap by the stream 57 
 
 Drawn by Wni. St. John Harper. 
 
 Decorative Designs. 
 
 Drawn by Rene T. Quelia. 
 

 The moonbeams were lighting the watery way, 
 That rimpled 
 And dimpled, — 
 The Nymphs were at ^^lay ; 
 
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 'Neath willows whose branches were kissing the stream 
 So lightly 
 And brightly, 
 It almost would seem 
 
 The lovely young Naiads were swaying the tree, 
 To lash it 
 And dash it, 
 In frolicking glee. 
 
 
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 I rested my oars on my frail little boat, 
 Still gliding, 
 Dividing 
 The cresses afloat. 
 
 When lol a fair vision arose on the tide; 
 A maiden 
 All laden 
 With lilies to hide 
 

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 Her love-dimpled blushes from glances too bold ; 
 A daughter 
 Of water, 
 Like Venus of old. 
 
 She stood for one moment admiring herself; 
 Uprising, 
 Surprising 
 A young woodland Elf, 
 
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 Who left his own forest in 
 
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 ng glee, 
 
 
 To ramble 
 
 
 
 
 And gambol 
 
 
 
 
 In wild ecstasy. 
 
 
 
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 a tree-top he sat, with a 
 Ne'er tiring- 
 Admiring 
 
 quizzical 
 
 face. 
 
 
 The beauty and grace 
 
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 Of Mgle, who saw, mirrored close by her side, 
 The young Elf 
 By herself 
 Impressed on the tide. 
 
 She instantly sank amid ripples of light, 
 That, laving, 
 Seemed wavinsf 
 Her form from his sight. 
 
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 Three lovely young Naiads arose on the tide, 
 While swimming 
 Were trimming 
 
 And drawing aside 
 
 A budding branch, cedar, that shaded so well, 
 Reposing, 
 And closing 
 The Nymph's caverned cell. 
 
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 So charming she looked iu her fairy-queen pride, 
 And kindly, 
 He blindly 
 
 Plunged into the tide. 
 
 The water was instantly lashed into spray ; 
 Half drowning, 
 And frowning, 
 The Elf got away. 
 
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 The Naiads had vanished like flashes of light; 
 No daughter 
 Of water 
 Condoled his sad plight. 
 
 But ripples of laughter were heard everywhere. 
 With singing 
 And ringing 
 Of iairy-bells there. 
 
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 The echoes trilled back from the grottos down deep, 
 " Young Eian, 
 Thyself in 
 Thy element keep !" 
 
 Then home to his wild-wood returned the young Elf 
 Most gladly, 
 Though madly, 
 While drying himself. ^ 
 
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 He plumed his gay cap on his queer little head, 
 All dripping 
 And skipping 
 He o'er the bank sped. 
 
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 I suddenly woke from my nap by tlie stream, 
 Astounded ! 
 Confounded ! 
 Behold! 'Twas a dream. 
 
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