Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RETURN OF THE FAIRY: 4. THE CONDITION OF HER RESIDENCE THERE, by HUMBERT WOLFE Poet's Biography First Line: It was therefore proclaimed / that the sprite n or m Last Line: And dissolve on the air. Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers | ||||||||
IT was therefore proclaimed that the sprite N or M (of course she had names but I mayn't mention them), as a mark of high favour was ordered to leave for what men call London on Midsummer Eve. She might go where she pleased, and stay at her will as long as she liked, unless and until she forgot, if she made the merest suggestion, when living with men, of what might be a question, it was laid down by statute (so let her beware) she would instantly fade, and dissolve on the air. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN IN PHARAOH'S TOMB by HAYDEN CARRUTH JUSTICE LISTENS AT THE GATES OF BEAUTY by AIME CESAIRE FOR THE INVESTITURE by CECIL DAY LEWIS ELEGY ASKING THAT IT BE THE LAST; FOR INGRID ERHARDT, 1951-1971 by NORMAN DUBIE MY SISTER, THE QUEEN by EDWARD FIELD L,ENVOI: IN OUR TIME by ERNEST HEMINGWAY VASHTI by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |
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