Read full poem →Hast thou not torn the Naiad from her flood,
The Elfin from the green grass, and from me
The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree?
Dictionary Entry
An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
Origin
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Common Phrases
face elfinforest elfinknight elfin. elfingrot elfinwoodland elfinelfin melelfin almost
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Poetry examples for “elfin”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →"Hark! 'tis an elfin-storm from faery land,
Of haggard seeming, but a boon indeed:
Read full poem →Yet ere again along the impurpling vale,
The purpling vale and elfin-haunted grove, 105
Young Zephyr his fresh flowers profusely throws,
Read full poem →Of Paris,” or “Battle of Prague” withal,
To the “Roving Minstrels,” or “Elfin Call”
Sung soft as a sigh:
Read full poem →There halt, and there thy bugle wind,
And trust thine elfin foe to see,
In guise of thy worst enemy: