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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I SAID THERE WERE NO FAIRIES, by BEULA CHAMBERLAIN First Line: I said there were no fairies, yesterday Last Line: To any mortal who had hurt them so. Subject(s): Fairies; Elves | |||
I said there were no fairies, yesterday, Nor elves, nor dryads. Such things could not be. Now I watch humbly by their trysting-tree Trying to coax them to come out and play. But though I bring white moon-flowers to lay Before their feet, and chant the Magic Three, I know they never will return to me. They heard my laughter, and have gone away. Perhaps, because they are such gentle things, Fashioned of subtle, effervescent stuff, A single word of scorn would be enough To break their hearts and bruise their radiant wings. They could not trust the secrets which they know To any mortal who had hurt them so. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FAERY FOREST by SARA TEASDALE THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE FAIRIES by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE FAIRY CHILD by JOHN ANSTER THE FORSAKEN MERMAN by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE LITTLE ELF-MAN by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS TAM O' SHANTER by ROBERT BURNS A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 19. THE FAIRY QUEEN PROSERPINA by THOMAS CAMPION A PROPER NEW BALLAD [ENTITLED THE FAIRIES' FAREWELL] by RICHARD CORBET BUT TODAY by BEULA CHAMBERLAIN |
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