Poems (Scudder)/Fairy Song
FAIRY SONG
Like a giant dandelion
Shines the sun, so brave and bold
With his thousand narrow rays
Yellower than elfin gold.
Shines the sun, so brave and bold
With his thousand narrow rays
Yellower than elfin gold.
Then, against the darkling sky
Hangs the old moon large and frail
As the dandelion spheres
Flutter in a summer gale.
Hangs the old moon large and frail
As the dandelion spheres
Flutter in a summer gale.
Comes a lusty, romping wind
Merry as a boy at play,
Blows—and lo, on every side
Faint star-clusters float away.
Merry as a boy at play,
Blows—and lo, on every side
Faint star-clusters float away.