A Melody

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I.

  There be Fairies bright of eye,
  Who the wild-flowers warders are;
  There be Fairies subtlely
  Nourished in a blossom's star;
  Fairies tripping merrily
  Singing in faint echoes far,
  Singing fairy melodies
  Murmured by the burly bees,
  By the wild brown bees.


  II.

  Well I wot that Fairies be there,--
  Fairies, Fairies that at eve
  Lurking in a blossom-lair,
  In some rose-bud's scented hair
  From white beams of starlight weave
  Glinting gown and shining shoe.
  I have proven sure and true
  Fairies be there, fays of dew,
  Lying laughing in its spark
  Floating in a rose's sark;
  Singing fairy melodies,
  When asleep the dusty bees
  Can not steal their melodies,
  Fairy melodies.

© Madison Julius Cawein