@3Serenade of the Fairy Lover@1 Whether sleeping, whether waking, Fairest dreams be thine to-night, If my heart may have their making! Unto thee, O young Delight, Speed my wings, with odours laden. Honey-sweet, gathered far, Out of the Eden of every star, Soft they charm thy dreaming eyelids, maiden. Eyes from earthy blindness breaking, Look on Heaven's joy to-night, Whether sleeping, whether waking! Mortal phantoms lose their might, Dust that weaves thy mortal prison, Wall of stone, gate of brass, Be as vapour, change and pass Shining round thee, O thou Light new risen! Whether waking, whether sleeping, Joy shall hold thy heart to-night, If my heart may have its keeping. Hand in hand up Heaven's height Will we race and laugh in wonder; Climb the moon's silver boat, Sail in it where we will and float Far among the golden islands yonder. Hounds of Time never shall find Track of us, baying along the wind, While we lovers lean and mock them under. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT THE CLOSED GATE OF JUSTICE by JAMES DAVID CORROTHERS THE BIRTHNIGHT: TO F by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE HOW VIOLETS CAME BLUE by ROBERT HERRICK MY AIN WIFE by ALEXANDER LAING SYSTEM by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |