...the stage with his staff."^ PROSPERO You elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves. And you that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the...ebbing Neptune, and do fly him When he comes back; you demi-puppets that 45 By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites; and you...

...here's now mystery, and hieroglyphic! [Il.vi] (iv) from The Tempest (c. 1611-12) by William Shakespeare. Pro. Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and...ebbing Neptune, and do fly him When he comes back; you demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites; and you...

...Prospero's knowledge and disenchantment. All the action moves to the sound of music and the sea : Prospero's Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves,...the ebbing Neptune and do fly him When he comes back . . . by whose aid, Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimm'd The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous...

...winds, with Ariel masked as a boatswain bird and the plovers playing the part of Shakespeare's sprites. "That on the sands with printless foot do chase the...ebbing Neptune and do fly him when he comes back." And Caliban? — a black-skinned murderer who might appear at any moment. It was an island where fruit...

...different spiritual helpers by whose magic teachers, no less than dramatists, are able to do their work: Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves;...ebbing Neptune; and do fly him When he comes back; you demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites; and you...

...and seascape, the swift and delicate, the dance and the chase, the playful and the powerful. He says: Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves,...ebbing Neptune and do fly him When he comes back; you demipuppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites; and you whose...

...nothing whatever In this similarity of names ; but it is worth noting. NORCIA, THE GODDESS OF TRUFFLES " Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves,...ebbing Neptune, and do fly him When he comes back ; you demi-pappets, that By moonshine do the green-tour ringlets make Whereof the ewe not bites ; and you...

...the lilt and cadence of the verse, especially toward the end, are suggestive of the waving of a wand: Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves,...ebbing Neptune, and do fly him When he comes back; you demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites; and you...

...in, wer aus der Gunst; - und tun so tief Geheimnisvoll, als wären wir Propheten Ye elves of hüls, brooks, standing lakes and groves, And ye that on...ebbing Neptune, and do fly him When he comes back; you demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make Whereof the ewe not bites; and you whose...