spright
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But fayrest she, when so she doth display The gate with pearles and rubyes richly dight, Throgh which her words so wise do make their way, To beare the message of her gentle spright.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser
Sleep, baby, sleep: And do not bleat like sheep, Or else the shepherd's dog will bite My naughty, little, crying spright: Sleep, baby, sleep.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
What e're thou be, Be'st thou her spright, or some divinitie, That in her shape thinks good to walk this grove, Pardon poor Perigot.
From The Faithful Shepherdess The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10). by Francis Beaumont
Rude spirits of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if you list, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
From The Hunting of the Snark an Agony, in Eight Fits by Lewis Carroll
But first thou must a season fast and pray, Till from her bands the spright assoiled is, And have her strength recur'd from fraile infirmitis.
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser
