Read full poem →Or steeds might fall, forced with thick clouds' approach. 30
Whither go'st thou, hateful nymph? Memnon the elf
Received his coal-black colour from thyself.
Dictionary Entry
A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. elfaquitaine elfatochem elfowl elfelf littleelf darkelf old
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Poetry examples for “elf”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →While the swee-swees sing above me,
Waiting for my elf-eyed love?
Read full poem →I think he'll take this likeness to himself,
But if he won't, he shall, a stupid elf,
And, lest the guessing throw the fool in fits,
Read full poem →But should some urgent fate (untimely lot!)
Bring thee to meet his shadow (nameless elf,
That haunteth the lone regions where hath trod
Read full poem →Greek and Roman, Ghibelline, Guelph,
Angel and elf.
They were dyed in blood, tangled in dreams
Read full poem →She should have need no more spell;
Th' elf was so wanton and so wood,
(But now I trow can better good,)
Read full poem →Adieu! the fancy cannot cheat so well
As she is fam'd to do, deceiving elf.
Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades
Read full poem →After a night of some quaint jubilee
Which every elf and fay had come to see:
When bright processions took their airy march
Read full poem →Drove souls to Tart’rus with his rod,
With his goosequill the scribbling elf,
Instead of others, damns himself.
Read full poem →To find out men's virtues, and finding them few,
Quite sick of pursuing each troublesome elf,
He grew lazy at last, and drew from himself?