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THE RETURN OF THE FAIRY: 11. HER ACERBITY IN THE MATTER OF CLOTHES by HUMBERT WOLFE

First Line: THEN, AS TO HER DRESSES, / SHE KEPT IN THE ATTIC
Last Line: TO GO WITH HER HAT.
Subject(s): FAIRIES; ELVES;
THEN, as to her dresses,
she kept in the attic
a bevy of silkworms,
and worked them emphatic
at widening petals,
and taking a seam
in a gown that a spider
had stitched in a dream;
or at hemming a jacket
of thistledown puff
with an eyelash to tack it,
when slender enough;
or at using his whole skin,
bequeathed by a gnat,
to make her a moleskin
to go with her hat.



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