FAIRY child of a flower, Fairy spirit set free, Embodied ecstasy Escaped from its bower; Summer's daintiest thing, Bearing her exquisite green, Echoed in thy soft sheen, About on the wing; Grace of a lilting tune— Grace of more than a bird, Wings' sound—all but unheard, Like a wind's croon; Takest thou thus the flight This bud and that to try— Only to satisfy Thy grosser appetite? More than its beauty's dower Surely thy form bespeaks. It is thy soul which seeks The soul of the flower. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PLAINT OF THE CAMEL by CHARLES EDWARD CARRYL EPIGRAM: HERO AND LEANDER by JOHN DONNE IN HOSPITAL: 23. MUSIC by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY GREENES FUNERALLS: SONNET 10. A CATALOGUE OF CERTAINE OF HIS BOOKES by RICHARD BARNFIELD ALFARABI; THE WORLD-MAKER. A RHAPSODICAL FRAGMENT by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES SUBH-I-KAZIB by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON ECHOES OF SPRING: 7 by MATHILDE BLIND |