Sylphid n. A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph. "The place of the sylphid queen.""Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear, Fays, fairies, genii, elves, and demons, hear."
... "Better hew wood and draw water than attach ourselves devotedly to an art in which we have not the capacity to excel.... It is to throw away the healthful objects of life for a diseased dream,—worse than the Rosicrucians, it is to make a sacrifice of all human beauty for the smile of a sylphid that never visits us but in visions." Maltravers looked over his own compositions, and thrust them into the fire. He slept ill that night. His pride was a little dejected. He was like a beauty who has seen ... — Ernest Maltravers, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... falling, Now list and you shall hear The footsteps of the sylphid fays,— This is their hour ... — Mother Truth's Melodies - Common Sense For Children • Mrs. E. P. Miller
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