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It was the strangest, subtlest, sweetest sound:

It seem'd above me, seem'd upon the ground,

Then swiftly seem'd to eddy round and round,

Till I said: "To-night the air is
Surely full of garden fairies."

And all at once it seem'd I grew aware
That little, shining presences were there,
White shapes and red shapes danced upon
the air;

Then a peal of silver laughter,

And such singing followed after

As none of you, I think, have ever heard.
More soft it was than call of any bird,
Note after note, exquisitely deferr'd,

Soft as dew-drops when they settle
In a fair flower's open petal.

"What are these fairies?" to myself I said;

For answer, then, as from a garden's bed,
On the cold air a sudden scent was shed,
Scent of lilies, scent of roses,
Scent of Summer's sweetest posies.

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TO THE SPIRIT OF POETRY

ALL things are changed save thee, - thou art the same,

Only perchance more dear, as one friend grows

When other friends have turn'd away. Who knows

With what strange joy thou didst my life inflame

Before I took upon my lips the name Which vows me to thy service? Come thou close;

For to thy feet to-day my being flows,
As when, a boy, for comforting I came.
Thou, whose transfiguring touch makes
speech divine,

Whose eyes are deeper than deep seas or skies,

Warm with thy fire this heart, these lips of mine,

Lighten the darkness with thy luminous

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DRAMATISTS AND PLAYWRIGHTS

(See also: ROBERT BROWNING, BUCHANAN, LADY CURRIE, Lord De Tabley, SWINBURNE, LORD TENNYSON)

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