Fairy Poems by Others

 
By the moon we sport and play,
With the night begins our day;
As we dance the dew doth fall--
Trip it, little urchins all,
Lightly as the little bee,
Two by two and three by three;
And about we go, and about we go

Round about, round about, in a fine ring
Thus we dance, thus we dance,
and thus we sing;
Trip and go, to and fro, over this green
All about, in and out, for our brave queen

We have danced round about,
in a fine ring
We have danced lustily, and thus we sing
All about, in and out, over this green
To and fro, trip and go,
to our brave queen

from-A Midsummer Night's Dream

 
By the moon we sport and play,
With the night begins our day;
As we dance the dew doth fall--
Trip it, little urchins all,
Lightly as the little bee,
Two by two and three by three;
And about we go, and about we go

Round about, round about, in a fine ring
Thus we dance, thus we dance,
and thus we sing;
Trip and go, to and fro, over this green
All about, in and out, for our brave queen

We have danced round about,
in a fine ring
We have danced lustily, and thus we sing
All about, in and out, over this green
To and fro, trip and go,
to our brave queen

from-A Midsummer Night's Dream

 
'Twas I that led you
through the painted mead.
Where the light fairies
danced upon the flowers
Hanging from every
leaf an orient pearl.

- The Wisdom of Dr. Dodypoll, 1660