Read full poem →Of these am I, who thy protection claim, 105
A watchful sprite, and Ariel is my name.
Late, as I rang'd the crystal wilds of air,
Dictionary Entry
Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. spritesprite watersprite littlesprite seasprite wood
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Poetry examples for “sprite”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →8 Now, as he scratch'd to fetch up thought,
Forth popp'd the sprite so thin,
And from the keyhole bolted out,
Read full poem →'Of these am I, who thy protection claim,
A watchful sprite, and Ariel is my name.
Late, as I ranged the crystal wilds of air,
Read full poem →Of vanquished men, long-sunken out of sight,
Sent wailing down to glut the ghoulish sprite
Who haunts foul seaweed forests and their caves.
Read full poem →The Sprite then gan more boldly him to wake,
And threatned unto him the dreaded name 380
Read full poem →I am a little world made cunningly
Of elements, and an angelic sprite;
But black sin hath betrayed to endless night
Read full poem →Drenchèd in sloth and womanish delight,
Feeble of sprite, unpatient of pain,
When he had lost his honor and his right
Read full poem →"This glass of flashing crystal tall
Gave to my sires the Fountain-Sprite
She wrote in it: _If this glass doth fall,
Read full poem →I am a little world made cunningly
Of elements, and an angelic sprite;
But black sin hath betrayed to endless night
Read full poem →In the corners where we lay:
And each evil sprite that walks by night
Before us seemed to play.