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Charles Lamb - The Fairy
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Said Ann to Matilda, "I wish that we knew
If what we`ve been reading of fairies be true.
Do you think that the poet himself had a sight of
The fairies he here does so prettily write of?
O what a sweet sight if he really had seen
The graceful Titania, the Fairy-land Queen!
If I had such dreams, I would sleep a whole year;
I would not wish to wake while a fairy was near.—
Now I`ll fancy that I in my sleep have been seeing
A fine little delicate lady-like being,
Whose steps and whose motions so light were and airy,
I knew at one glance that she must be a fairy.
Her eyes they were blue, and her fine curling hair
Of the lightest of browns, her complexion more fair
Than I e`er saw a woman`s; and then for her height,
I verily think that she measured not quite
Two feet, yet so justly proportioned withal,
I was almost persuaded to think she was tall.
Her voice was the little thin note of a sprite—
There—d`ye think I have made out a fairy aright?
You`ll confess, I believe, I`ve not done it amiss."
"Pardon me," said Matilda, "I find in all this
Fine description, you`ve only your young sister Mary
Been taking a copy of here for a fairy."
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