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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 19. THE FAIRY QUEEN PROSERPINA, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hark, all you ladies that do sleep! Last Line: Apes in avernus. Subject(s): Fairies; Love; Morning; Elves | |||
Hark, all you ladies that do sleep! The fairy queen Bids you awake, and pity them that weep. You may do in the dark What the day doth forbid. Fear not the dogs that bark; Night will have all hid. But if you let your lovers moan, The fairy queen Will send abroad her fairies everyone, That shall pinch black and blue Your white hands and fair arms, That did not kindly rue Your paramours' harms. In myrtle arbours on the downs, The fairy queen This night by moonshine, leading merry rounds, Holds a watch with sweet Love, Down the dale, up the hill, No plaints nor griefs may move Their holy vigil. All you that will hold watch with Love, The fairy queen Will make you fairer than Diana's dove. Roses red, lilies white, And the clear damask hue, Shall on your cheeks alight. Love will adorn you. All you that love, or loved before, The fairy queen Bids you increase that loving humour more. They that have not yet fed On delight amorous, She vows that they shall lead Apes in Avernus. | 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 PROPER NEW BALLAD [ENTITLED THE FAIRIES' FAREWELL] by RICHARD CORBET THE CULPRIT FAY by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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