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I. ::From her celestial car
 * The Fairy Queen descended,
 * And thrice she waved her wand
 * Circled with wreaths of amaranth:
 * Her thin and misty form
 * Moved with the moving air,
 * And the clear silver tones,
 * As thus she spoke, were such

As are unheard by all but gifted ear.

FAIRY.


 * Stars! your balmiest influence shed!
 * Elements! your wrath suspend!
 * Sleep, Ocean, in the rocky bounds
 * That circle thy domain!
 * Let not a breath be seen to stir
 * Around yon grass-grown ruin's height,
 * Let even the restless gossamer
 * Sleep on the moveless air!
 * Soul of Ianthe! thou,

Judged alone worthy of the envied boon, That waits the good and the sincere; that waits Those who have struggled, and with resolute will Vanquished earth's pride and meanness,bursts the chains, The icy chains of custom, and have shone The day-stars of their age;—Soul of Ianthe!
 * Awake! arise!


 * Sudden arose
 * Ianthe's Soul; it stood