Glendoveorʹ

in Hindu mythology, is a kind of sylph, the most lovely of the good spirits. (See Southey’s Curse of Kehama.)

“I am a blessèd Glendoveer,

Tis mine to speak and yours to hear.”

Rejected Addresses (Imitations of Southey).

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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.