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Elyʹsium

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Elysian Fields. The Paradise or Happy Land of the Greek poets. Elysian (the adjective) means happy, delightful.

“Oʹer which were shadowy cast Elysian gleams.”



“Would take the prisoned soul,

And lap it in Elysium.”


Milton: Comus, 261–2.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Elohistic and Jehovistic Scriptures
Eloi (St.)
Eloquent
Elshender
Elsie
Elves
Elvidna
Elvino
Elvira (Donna)
Elvish or Elfish
Elysium
Elzevir
Em
Embargo
Embarras de Richesse
Ember Days
Ember Weeks
Emblem
Emblems of the Jewish Temple
Embryo
Emelye

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Elysium