Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FAIRY FROM THE SUN-SHOWER, by ZMAI IOVAN IOVANOVICH Poet's Biography First Line: Over the meadow a shower is roaming Last Line: "your sweet kisses are my goal." Alternate Author Name(s): Brankovichera, Vidosava Subject(s): Fairies; Elves | ||||||||
[When the Servians see the sun-rays of a summer shower they say it is the fairies combing their hair.] OVER the meadow a shower is roaming; Just beyond is the summer sun; Fair is the hair that the fays are combing -- Myth come true! here's my dainty one Tripping the path in the wind's soft blowing; Her slender form through her gown is showing, Her foot scarce whispers the way she's going. "Come, my bright one, come, my soul, Let my kisses be your goal." But the path has heard my sighing, Turns aside, and leads my fay Into the forest, love defying. Path, accursed be! -- but stay! Lost to love each moment gliding, What if in the woodland hiding Still for me my fay be biding! ... "Wait, my bright one, wait, my soul, Your sweet kisses are my goal." | 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 MOTHER OF BOSNIA by ZMAI IOVAN IOVANOVICH |
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