Only a mortal can inspire such love;
And mortal foot can never touch our land.
Zay. But—is that so?
Sel. (surprised).Of course.
Zay.Yet I have heard
That we’ve a half-forgotten law which says,
That when a fairy quits his fairy home
To visit earth, those whom he leaves behind
May summon from the wicked world below
That absent fairy’s mortal counterpart;