Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FAIRY SONG, by WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED


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First Line: He has conn'd the lesson now
Last Line: Softly, slowly: minstrel, wake!
Subject(s): Fairies; Elves


HE has conn'd the lesson now;
He has read the book of pain:
There are furrows on his brow;
I must make it smooth again.

Lo! I knock the spurs away;
Lo! I loosen belt and brand;
Hark! I hear the courser neigh
For his stall in Fairy-land.

Bring the cap, and bring the vest;
Buckle on his sandal shoon;
Fetch his memory from the chest
In the treasury of the moon.

I have taught him to be wise
For a little maiden's sake; --
Lo! he opens his glad eyes,
Softly, slowly: Minstrel, wake!





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