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WHERE DWELLS THE FAIRY QUEEN?
Where dwells the Fairy Queen?
Where is her bower?
In the fold of the leaf—
In the cup of the flower:
Shake not the violet,
There may she rest;
Break not a dew-drop,
'T will drown her sweet breast.
Where is her bower?
In the fold of the leaf—
In the cup of the flower:
Shake not the violet,
There may she rest;
Break not a dew-drop,
'T will drown her sweet breast.
What seeks the Fairy Queen?
Ever to move
Girdled by beauty;
Encircled by love!
To whisper to childhood
When sorrow is nigh:
When the heart hath its tear—
And the lip hath its sigh!
Ever to move
Girdled by beauty;
Encircled by love!
To whisper to childhood
When sorrow is nigh:
When the heart hath its tear—
And the lip hath its sigh!
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Star of the fairy-land,
Once came thy beam,
Bringing such visions
As angels might dream!
Soon the world's shadows
Their loveliness crossed;
Man never findeth
What Childhood hath lost!
Once came thy beam,
Bringing such visions
As angels might dream!
Soon the world's shadows
Their loveliness crossed;
Man never findeth
What Childhood hath lost!
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