Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A FAIRY IN ARMOR, by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE


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First Line: He put his acorn helmet on
Last Line: The fiery trail of the rocket-star.
Alternate Author Name(s): Croaker
Variant Title(s): An Elfin Knight
Subject(s): Fairies; Elves


He put his acorn helmet on;
It was plumed of the silk of the thistle down;
The corslet plate that guarded his breast
Was once the wild bee's golden vest;
His cloak, of a thousand mingled dyes,
Was formed of the wings of butterflies;
His shield was the shell of a lady-bug green,
Studs of gold on a ground of green;
And the quivering lance which he brandished bright,
Was the sting of a wasp he had slain in fight.
Swift he bestrode his fire-fly steed;
He barred his blade of the bent-grass blue;
He drove his spurs of the cockle-seed,
And away like a glance of thought he flew,
To skim the heavens, and follow far
The fiery trail of the rocket-star.




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