Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MOTHER FAIRIE, by ALICE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Good old mother fairie Last Line: Wise enough to go? Subject(s): Fairies; Elves | ||||||||
GOOD old mother Fairie, Sitting by your fire, Have you any little folk You would like to hire? I want no chubby drudges To milk, and churn, and spin, Nor old and wrinkled Brownies, With grisly beards, and thin: But patient little people, With hands of busy care, And gentle speech, and loving hearts; Say, have you such to spare? I know a poor, pale body, Who cannot sleep at night, And I want the little people To keep her chamber bright; To chase away the shadows That make her moan and weep, To sing her loving lullabies, And kiss her eyes asleep. And when in dreams she reaches For pleasures dead and gone, To hold her wasted fingers, And make the rings stay on. They must be very cunning To make the future shine Like leaves, and flowers, and strawberries, A-growing on one vine. Good old mother Fairie, Since my need you know, Tell me, have you any folk Wise enough to go? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FAERY FOREST by SARA TEASDALE THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE FAIRIES by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE FAIRY CHILD by JOHN ANSTER THE FORSAKEN MERMAN by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE LITTLE ELF-MAN by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS TAM O' SHANTER by ROBERT BURNS A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 19. THE FAIRY QUEEN PROSERPINA by THOMAS CAMPION A PROPER NEW BALLAD [ENTITLED THE FAIRIES' FAREWELL] by RICHARD CORBET A SPINSTER'S STINT by ALICE CARY |
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