A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

.I!'OlDrl! Ol' UlAOUU.TIOlf UD l'UC!'. 126

Not theirs the gnwd triumphAl chant

Of Summer days, but still the,r pant

W.itb music, and the inmost core

or life with love flows o'er and o'er.

.ADd thus the Fairy-music lalla

On Earth from Heaven's effulgent halle;

ADd thus, like drops of crimson rain,

The Fairies troop to Eat·th again.

They bleas the flowers and brida.l bil·da,

And all the bleating flocks and herds ;

ADd where they dwell more sweet the air,

.ADd thrill'd with music soft and r are.

Small seems it to the worldly great

That Fairy land regains its state;

Bnt simple children wake to song,

Attended by the Fairy throng.

And Foete wise again resume

An empire over fields beatrewn

With thoughts, that shape themselves as sweet

As myrtle-groves, where Fairies meet.

One draught from Nature's simple well,

One thrill hom hearts with love that swell,

One leaf from Nature's garden green,

One elfin dance by maiden seen,

One page from Nature's book divine,

Beatow'd ft·om Heaven on men of Tiwe 1

Bespeak the grand Auaonian years,

Wherein .Apollo and his Peers,

Enthroned, amid the rising Sun,
ShAll make the vibrant horizon
Resound with music tuneful-~rand,
.And Earth be like their Mol'lWlg Land..
lLuuus.

~ I