One of these beings is described as a "timid pensioner of us Powers" in Thomas Hardy's "LastWords to
One of these beings is described as a "timid pensioner of us Powers" in Thomas Hardy's "LastWords to a Dumb Friend". Another one is said to "consider himself" in "ten degrees" and isdescribed as "a mixture of gravity and waggery" in Christopher Smart's "Jubilate Agno". Anotherpoem describes how "Malignant fate sat by and smiled" and notes that "no dolphin came, no Nereidstirred" when one of these creatures took an interest in two Tyrian-hued (*) "genii of the stream". Thatone, named Selima, was unaware that not all that glisters is gold, causing her to drown in a tub ofgoldfishes in a Thomas Gray poem. For 10 points, identify these animals, one of whom eats quince with a"runcible spoon" after marrying an Owl in an Edward Lear poem.
One of these beings is described as a "timid pensioner of us Powers" in Thomas Hardy's "LastWords to a Dumb Friend".
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