Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by George MacDonald
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TOO DAZZLING FOR EARTHLY EYES
IN THE WOODS AND ALONG THE RIVER BANKS DO THE MAIDENS GO LOOKING FOR CHILDREN SHE LAY WITH CLOSED EYES, WHENCE TWO TEARS WERE FAST WELLING HEADPIECE TO CHAPTER XIV I SPRANG TO HER, AND LAID MY HAND ON THE HARP A WHITE FIGURE GLEAMED PAST ME, WRINGING HER HANDS THEY ALL RUSHED UPON ME, AND HELD ME TIGHT A WINTRY SEA, BARE, AND WASTE, AND GRAY SHOW ME THE CHILD THOU CALLEST MINE THE TIME PASSED AWAY IN WORK AND SONG HEADPIECE TO CHAPTER XXI WE REACHED THE PALACE OF THE KING I SAW, LEANING AGAINST THE TREE, A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN FASTENED TO THE SADDLE, WAS THE BODY OF A GREAT DRAGON I WAS DEAD, AND RIGHT CONTENT A VALLEY LAY BENEATH ME PHANTASTES A FAERIE ROMANCE "Phantastes from `their fount all shapes deriving, In new habiliments can quickly dight." FLETCHER'S Purple Island {Below is raw OCR it has not been proofed as i cannot read it!} "Es lassen sich Erzahlungen ohne Zusammenhang, jedoch mit |
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