Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FAIRY'S SISTER, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography First Line: One day when the wind rode high Last Line: I will hear and follow! Subject(s): Children; Childhood | ||||||||
ONE day when the wind rode high, Suddenly I missed her! In bright battalions from the sky A host of singing leaves swept by Then the wind was stillbut I Could not find my sister! Round this mortal world, so old, I have sought her, calling, Where pink-petaled dawns unfold Where the blue ice cracks with cold, Where the full moon hides her gold And the stars are falling! By the ways of Here and There I have searched, unbidden, Climbed the sinking sun's bright stair, Told her name to every air, Echoed it in caverns where Purple night lies hidden! Never has she answered me, Not with song nor sighing Can such utter silence be With a bird on every tree, With the singing of the sea And a white gull crying? Help me, children, mortal-born! Help me, lark and swallow, Should you meet a sprite forlorn, Hair like tassel of the corn, Blow the honeysuckle's horn I will hear and follow! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE A CHRISTMAS CHILD by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY |
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