Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE RETURN OF THE FAIRY: 17. JOURNEY'S END, by HUMBERT WOLFE


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THE RETURN OF THE FAIRY: 17. JOURNEY'S END, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: And then as she danced, / forgetting the spell
Last Line: Dancing delicately.
Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Fairies; Elves


AND then as she danced,
forgetting the spell,
it seemed as though rain
on her eyelashes fell
(and, if they were tears, since no
fairy can shed them,
the moon and the nightingale
must have misled them),
and she cried in her terror,
"Where am I?" The tune
that instant grew louder, a
cloud hid the moon,
and, as though the whole night
were a string to her hand,
the musicianer answered,
"In fairyland."
And when the cloud lifted
there was nothing to see
but the grass, and the moon
dancing delicately.





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