ALAKE and a fairy boat To sail in the moonlight clear, -- And merrily we would float From the dragons that watch us here! Thy gown should be snow-white silk, And strings of orient pearls, Like gossamers dipt in milk, Should twine with thy raven curls! Red rubies should deck thy hands, And diamonds should be thy dower -- But Fairies have broke their wands And wishing has lost its power. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG: WOO'D AND MARRIED AND A' by JOANNA BAILLIE IN DISPRAISE OF THE MOON by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE HEROIC LOVE by JAMES GRAHAM (1612-1650) THE STARLIGHT NIGHT by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS CHRISTMAS IN INDIA by RUDYARD KIPLING HORATIUS [AT THE BRIDGE], FR. LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY |