I Almost Got to Fairyland One Day—

I almost got to Fairyland, one day— I walked out straight along the sun-path, so. And there were little hummings in the world, And moving things went through the grass, and all The air was just as glad as if there were A party, somewhere, at a fairy's house. I knew they had a party, and I knew That they had kept a seat for me, if I Could only find the right turn in the road. I was so near to Fairyland, so near That I could almost hear the fairy gates Swing open for me, waiting—just for me. I was so near to Fairyland—and then, Just then, I heard my mother calling me; "Come in to supper, dear," I heard her call; And so I never got to Fairyland. I know that there are fairies, though, because I almost got to Fairyland one day.