Excerpt from The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book
Fairy Days.
Beside the old hall-fire - upon my nurse's knee,
Of happy fairy-days - what tales were told to me!
I thought the world was once - all peopled with princesses,
And my heart would beat to hear - their loves and their distresses;
And many a quiet night - in slumber sweet and deep,
The pretty fairy people - would visit me in sleep.
I saw them in my dreams - come flying east and west,
With wondrous fairy gifts - the new-born babe they bless'd;
One has brought a jewel - and one a crown of gold,
And one has brought a curse - but she is wrinkled and old.
The gentle queen turns pale - to hear those words of sin,
But the king he only laughs - and bids the dance begin.
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