Fairy Song
Thomas Randolph 1605 (Newnham) – 1635
We the fairies blithe and antic,
Of Dimensions not gigantic,
Though the moonshine mostly keep us,
Oft in orchards frisk and peep us,
Stolen sweets are always sweeter;
Stolen kisses much completer;
Stolen looks are nice in chapels;
Stolen, stolen be your apples.
When to bed the world are bobbing,
Then's the time to go orchard robbing;
Yet the fruit were scarce worth peeling
Were it not for stealing, stealing.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABB CCBX DDDD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 410 |
Words | 72 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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