Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BY CLODAGH'S STREAM, by JOSEPH FRANCIS CARLIN MACDONNELL


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

BY CLODAGH'S STREAM, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I met a fairy in the dawn
Last Line: I did not have a deaf man's dream.
Alternate Author Name(s): Carlin, Francis
Subject(s): Fairies; Elves


I met a Fairy in the Dawn,
As supple as a slender rush,
For she had her dancing slippers on
And she had the ankles of a thrush.

The pollen from her red lusmores
Had waxed a web of gossamer,
And all the music out of doors
Began to play a tune for her.

Each leaf was moving on its twig,
And twigs upon their branches shook,
While the Fairy stepped a Gaelic jig
I cannot find in any book.

And thrushes up among the oaks
Sang morning songs with such a grace,
That the earthly echoes seemed to coax
The skylarks from their heavenly place.

Oh! gayly did the Fairy dance
On the web beneath the red lusmores
Nor did she see the sun advance
To the music heard but out of doors.

So the cuckoo called the merry Elf,
And I awoke by Clodagh's stream;
Yet, if I had a dream itself,
I did not have a deaf man's dream.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net