of Flowers, whereupon Young-and-Handsome bestowed on him perpetual youth, and married him.—Comtesse D’Aulnoy: Fairy Tales (“Young-and-Handsome,” 1682).

Youth and Age, a poem by Coleridge. One of his best.

Youth Restored. Æson and Jason were both re stored to youth by Medea. Iolaos, according to Eurypidês, was restored to youth. The Muses of Bacchus and their husbands, according to Æschylos, were restored to youth. Phaon, the beloved of Sappho, was restored to youth by Venus. We are also told of grinding old men into young. Ogier, at 100 years old, was restored to the vigour of manhood by a ring given him by Morgue the fay. And Hebê had the power of restoring youth and beauty to whom she chose.

Youth Restorers or Restoratives. (See Old Age Restored, etc., p. 772.)

Youwarkee, the name of the gawrey that Peter Wilkins married. She introduced the seaman to Nosmnbdsgrsutt, the land of flying men and women.—Pultock: Peter Wilkins (1750).

Ysaie le Triste [E-say le Treest], son of Tristram and Isold (wife of king Mark of Cornwall). The adventures of this young knight form the subject of a French romance called Isaie le Triste (1522).

I did not think it necessary to contemplate the exploits … with the gravity of Isale le Triste.—Dunlop.


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