...whose magic teachers, no less than dramatists, are able to do their work: Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves; And ye that on the sands...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...

...2.4.85-90) Beyond all limit of what else 'i th' world Do love, prize, honor you. I, (The Tempest3.1.71-73) And ye that on the sands \ with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune (The Tempest 5.1.34-35) Such a simple re-ordering of parts is not uncommon in the verse and prose of...

...a quick light step. 147-8 For the image's recurrence much later in Shakespeare see Temp. 5.1.34-35: 'And ye that on the sands with printless foot / Do chase the ebbing Neptune'. If this nymph is also a sea-nymph, all four elements are present in the stanza. 'Footing' means ambiguously...

...delicate, the dance and the chase, the playful and the powerful. He says: Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, And ye that on the sands...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...

...similarity of names ; but it is worth noting. NORCIA, THE GODDESS OF TRUFFLES " Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, And ye that on the sands...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...

...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 the sands...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...