by Katharine Lee Bates (1859 - 1929)
In lily cup I'll nest me
Language: English
In lily cup I'll nest me, From fairy dance to rest me, For the silver moon Dips low, and soon Would the goblins swart molest me. But never a gnome will mock me, Nor peering toad-face shock me, While the wind-elf blithe Stands on tiptoe lithe By the lily s stem to rock me; And the star-sprites lean above me, For all the star-sprites love me; In circle fair Each holds in air His small gold torch above me. Come, soft-winged Sleep, and kiss me, For the dream-land fairies miss me, Till thy sweet, cool lips Part the folded tips Of my lily-couch to kiss me. But when thy spells unbind me The sunbeams shall not find me, And my dreamy nest Be only guessed By the fragrance left behind me.
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Authorship:
- by Katharine Lee Bates (1859 - 1929), "Fairy's lullaby", appears in Fairy Gold, in Poems of Fairies [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Homer Newton Bartlett (1845 - 1920), "Fairy's slumber song", op. 111, published 1891 [voice and piano], G. Schirmer [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-12-22
Line count: 25
Word count: 131