elves quotes

But, spite of all the criticizing elves, Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.

- Charles Churchill
The Rosciad, l.961^2.

Her eyes, the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee; And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow, Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee.

- Robert Herrick
  'The Night-piece, to  Julia', written for his young daughter.