AT DAWN
Reading edition
Though the fairies meet by night
In the moonlit spaces,
Often in the morning light
You will see their traces;
If you rise at early dawn
When the birds are waking,
You may find upon the lawn
Tents of fairy making.
In the meadows here and there,
Where the soft wind passes,
Elfin lines of gossamer
Stretch between the grasses;
And if you will look about
Soon you will discover
Fairy washing hanging out
All among the clover.
23In the quiet woods you might,
If your ways be wary,
Even hope to get a sight
Of a little fairy
On a lily-leaf, perchance,
Broad and smooth and level,
Practising her tiny dance
For the evening revel.
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