Faerie
Poetry
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Fairy
Music
I
found a little fairy flute
Beneath
the harebell blue;
I
sat me down upon the moss
And
ble a note or two.
And
as I blew the rabbits came
Around
me in the sun,
And
little mice and velvet moles
Came
creeping one by one.
A
swallow perched upon my head
A
robin on my thumb,
The
thrushes sang in tune with me,
The
bees began to hum.
I
loved to see them all around
And
wished they'd stay,
When
down a little fairy flew
And
snatched my flute away!
And
then the swallow fluttered off,
And
gone were all the bees,
The
rabbits ran, and I was left
Alone
among the trees!
...Enid
Blyton
Friday
This
is the day when thefairy kind
Sit
weeping alone for their hopeless lot,
And
the wood-maiden sighs to the sighing wind,
And
the mermaiden weeps in her crystal grot;
For
this is the day that the deed was wrought,
In
which we have neither part nor share,
For
the children of clay was salvation bought,
But
not for the forms of sea or air!
And
ever the mortal is most forlorn,
Who
meeteth our race on the friday morn.
...Sir
Walter Scott
The
Dream Fairy
A
little fairy comes at night,
Her
eyes are blue, her hair is brown,
With
silver spots upon her wings,
And
from the moon she flutters down.
She
has a little silver wand,
And
when a good child goes to bed
She
waves her wand from left to right
And
makes a circle round her head.
Amd
then it dreams of pleasant things,
Of
fountains filled with fairy fish,
And
trees that bear dilicious fruit,
And
bow their branches at a wish;
Of
arbours filled with dainty scents
From
lovely flowers that never fade,
Bright
flies that glitter in the sun,
And
glow-worms shining in the shade;
And
talking birds with gifted tongues
For
singing songs and telling tales,
And
pretty dwarfs to show the way
Through
fairy hills and fairy dales.
...Thomas
Hood
The
Little Men
Would
you see the little men
Coming
down a moonlit glen?-
Gnome
and elf and woodland sprite,
Skipping,
hopping, never stopping,
Stumbling,
grumbling, tumbling, mumbling,
Dancing,
prancing, singing, swinging-
Coats
of red and coats of brown,
Put
on straight or upside down
Outside
in or inside out,
Some
with sleeves and some without,
Rustling,
bustling, stomping, romping,
Strumming,
humming, hear them coming
You
will see the Little Men
If
it be a Fairy glen.
...Flora
Fearne
The
Fairies
Come,
follow, follow me
You
fairy elves that be
Which
circle on the green,
Come,
follow Mab, your queen,
Hand
in hand, lets dance around,
For
this place is fairy ground.
When
the mortals are at rest,
And
snoring in their rest,
Unheard
and unspied
Through
keyholes we do glide;
Over
tables, stools, and shelves,
We
trip it with our fairy elves.
Upon
a mushroom's head
Our
table-cloth we spread;
A
grain of rye or wheat
Is
manchet, which we eat;
Pearly
drops of dew we drink
In
acorn-cups fill'd to the brink.
The
grasshoppers,gnat, and fly,
Serve
for our minstrelsy;
Grace
said, we dance awhile,
And
so the time beguile;
And
if the moon doth hide her head,
The
glow-worm lights us home to bed.
On
tops of dewy grass
So
nimbly do we pass,
The
young and tender stalk
Ne'er
bends when we do walk;
Yet
in the morning may be seen
Where
we the night before have been.
...Rose
Fyleman
The
Fairy Ring
Let
us dance and let us sing,
Dancing
in a merry ring;
We'll
be fairies on the green,
Sporting
round the Fairy Queen.
Like
the seasons of the year,
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we circle in a phere;
I'll
be Summer, you'll be Spring;
Dancing
in a fairy ring.
Spring
and summer glide away,
Autumn
comes with tresses gray,
Winter
hand in hand with Spring,
Dancing
in a fairy ring.
Faster,
faster, round we go,
While
our cheeks with roses glow,
Free
as birds upon the wing,
Dancing
in a fairy ring.
...John
Rodman Drake
The
Rainbow Fairies
Two
little clouds, one summer's day,
Went
flying through the sky;
They
went so fast they bumped their heads,
And
both began to cry.
Old
Father Sun looked out and said:
"
Oh never mind, my dears,
I'll
send my little fairy folk
To
dry your falling tears."
One
fairy came in violet,
And
one wore indigo;
In
blue, green, yellow, orange, and red,
They
made a pretty row.
They
wiped the cloud-tears all away,
And
then from out the sky,
Upon
a light of sunbeams made,
They
hung their gowns to dry.
...Juliana
Horatia Ewing
Sea
Fairies
They're
hiding by the pebbles,
They're
running round the rocks.
Each
of them, and all of them
In
dazzling sea-green frocks.
They're
gathering strips of sea-weed,
The
Ribands fair that lie
Along
the winding water mark
The
tide has left so high.
They're
flying with the sand,
They're
singing in the caves,
And
dancing in the white foam
They
toss from off the waves.
But
if you try to catch them
They're
always out of reach-
Not
everywhere and anywhere,
But
somewhere on the beach.
...Eileen
Mathias
If
You See A Fairy Ring
If
you see a fairy ring
In
a field of grass,
Very
lightly step around,
Tiptoe
as you pass;
Last
night fairies frolicked there,
And
they're sleeping somewhere near.
If
you see a tiny fay
Lying
fast asleep,
Shut
your eyes and run away,
Do
not stay or peep;
And
be sure you never tell,
Or
you'll break a fairy spell.
...Shakespear
