The poetical works of Robert Stephen Hawker Edited from the original manuscripts and annotated copies together with a prefatory notice and bibliography by Alfred Wallis |
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Chorus of Fairies.
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Chorus of Fairies.
First Fairy.Stranger, away! the stars on high
Are rayless and dim,
And there is music in the sky,
'Tis the lark's sweet hymn.
Second.
There's a flower beside thee and the dewdrops hang on,
As if they were weeping the moon that is gone;
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'Tis the glance of the morning, the first smile of day.
Third.
On the mist we rode down from our mansions of blue,
With a cloud for our chariot, we bid thee adieu—
The sun beam'd upon us his last look of light,
The stars shone above, and the moonbeams were bright;
But they all are departed—their beauty is o'er:
Our charms they are broken—our spells are no more.
All.
Son of earth! farewell, thine eyes have seen
What never again they may see;
For no more in our revelry-bower of green
Will a spell for the wanderer be.
Uncharm'd is the sod
Where a mortal hath trod,
While weeps the midnight dew,
And Fairies no more
Will wander o'er
The place where we bid thee adieu.
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