Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FAIRIES' SONG, by THOMAS RANDOLPH



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First Line: We the fairies blithe and antic
Last Line: Were it not for stealing, stealing.
Variant Title(s): Stolen Fruit
Subject(s): Fairies; Elves


We the fairies blithe and antic,
Of dimensions not gigantic,
Though the moonshine mostly keep us,
Oft in orchards frisk and peep us.
Stolen sweets are always sweeter;
Stolen kisses much completer;
Stolen looks are nice in chapels;
Stolen, stolen be your apples.
When to bed the world are bobbing,
Then's the time for orchard-robbing;
Yet the fruit were scarce worth peeling
Were it not for stealing, stealing.




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