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TO FANCY by THOMAS HOOD

Poet Analysis

First Line: MOST DELICATE ARIEL! SUBMISSIVE THING
Last Line: MAKING THIS DULL WORLD AN ENCHANTED ISLE.
Subject(s): IMAGINATION; FANCY;

MOST delicate Ariel! submissive thing,
Won by the mind's high magic to its hest, --
Invisible embassy, or secret guest, --
Weighing the light air on a lighter wing; --
Whether into the midnight moon, to bring
Illuminate visions to the eye of rest, --
Or rich romances from the florid West, --
Or to the sea, for mystic whispering, --
Still by thy charmed allegiance to the will,
The fruitful wishes prosper in the brain,
As by the fingering of fairy skill, --
Moonlight, and waters, and soft music's strain
Odours, and blooms, and @3my@1 Miranda's smile,
Making this dull world an enchanted isle.



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