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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 |
Fairy Fashion
They may take strange
Forms, but never say
They can't be seen--
Only they have a way
Of rearranging things,
Of fitting together
Cold lily-silver
Bodies and dark-netted
Dragonfly Wings
A way of using roses
For faces, dew--
Globes for eyes, and
Spider-silks for hair--
Even their clothing of
Faint moonlight is no
Disguise, but just
The common fashion
All the garden wears.
- Valerie Worth |
Sleep Song
How far and wide the fairies fly
On bright and golden wing.
But when they settle down to sleep
A gentle song they sing
Sweet Queen of Night
Soft silver stars
We're glad you are so near
We seek our beds
We rest our heads
Without a moment's fear
On thistledown
In hidden nooks
We watch the waning light
The joys of sleep
Upon us creep
We wish you all good night
- Steven Kroll |
Fairy "Self Portrait" in header
Copyright 2000 Randi Kuhne
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