The Culprit Fay, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Drake, Joseph Rodman

 
9781451010107: The Culprit Fay, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

The Culprit Fay is a moonlit fairy tale in verse, where a mischievous elf must atone for a mortal romance.

In this lyrical narrative, a skylit world of goblins, sylphs, and enchanted seas unfolds as a youthful elf journeys to redeem his misstep. The journey blends natural beauty with a sense of wonder, danger, and longing, painting a vivid stage where magic and longing collide.



This edition presents the classic poem in its expansive, richly imagined form, inviting readers to wander through a Hudson Highlands-inspired fairyland and follow a brave creature on a quest that tests courage, heart, and the power of pure intention.




  • Experience a saga of enchantment, pursuit, and moral consequence told in rhythmic, age‑soft prose

  • Explore a lush, dreamlike landscape of fairies, sea sprites, and starlit skies

  • Witness a tale of love and responsibility that unfolds across seas, stars, and fairy courts



Ideal for fans of classic romantic fairy poetry and readers who enjoy lush imagery and mythic quests.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

THE CULPRIT FAY " My visual orbs are purged from film, and Io ! " Instead of Anster's turnip-bearing vales " I see old fairy land's miraculous show ! " Her trees of tinsel kissed by freakish gales, " Her Ouphs that, cloaked in leaf-gold, skim the breeze, " And fairies, swarming-----•-" Tennant's Anster Fair. I. 'Tis the middle watch of a summer's night - The earth is dark, but the heavens are bright; Nought is seen in the vault on high But the moon, and the stars, and the cloudless sky, And the flood which rolls its milky hue, A river of light on the welkin blue. The moon looks down on old Cronest, She mellows the shades on his shaggy breast, And seems his huge gray form to throw In a silver cone on the wave below;

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