Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FAIRIES, TAKE CARE, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: A thousand blessings, puck, on you Last Line: While in those woods so dark and warm. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Fairies; Elves | ||||||||
A thousand blessings, Puck, on you For knotting that long grass which threw Into my arms a maid; for we Have told our love and kissed, and she Will lie a-bed in a sweet fright. So, all ye Fairies who to-night May take that stormy passage where Her bosom's quicksands are, take care Of whirlpools too: beware all you Of that great tempest Love must brew. The waves will rock your breath near out; First sunk, then tossed and rolled about, Now on your heads, now on your feet -- You'll be near swamped and, for life sweet, Be glad to cross that stormy main, And stand on something firm again. Would I could see her while she sleeps, And smiles to feel you climb those steeps, Where you at last will stand up clear Upon their cherry tops, and cheer. And that ye are not lost, take care, In that deep forest of her hair: Yet ye may enter naked stark, It gets more warm as it gets dark. So, Fairies, fear not any harm, While in those woods so dark and warm. | 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 BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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