by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)

Fragment: Wine of the Fairies
Language: English 
I am drunk with the honey wine
Of the moon-unfolded eglantine,
Which fairies catch in hyacinth bowls.
The bats, the dormice, and the moles
Sleep in the walls or under the sward
Of the desolate castle yard;
And when 'tis spilt on the summer earth
Or its fumes arise among the dew,
Their jocund dreams are full of mirth,
They gibber their joy in sleep; for few 
Of the fairies bear those bowls so new!

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by K. Hill ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.

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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-30
Line count: 11
Word count: 75