John Lyly Fairy Poems

  • 1.
    Oh, for a bowl of fat Canary,
    Rich Palermo, sparkling Sherry,
    Some nectar else, from Juno's dairy;
    Oh, these draughts would make us merry!
    ...
  • 2.
    Gran.
    O For a Bowle of fatt Canary,
    Rich Palermo, sparkling Sherry,
    Some Nectar else, from Iuno's Daiery,
    ...
  • 3.
    Pinch him, pinch him, black and blue,
    Saucy mortals must not view
    What the queen of stars is doing,
    Nor pry into our fairy wooing.
    ...
Total 3 Fairy Poems by John Lyly

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(With apologies to the singer of the “Song of the Banjo”.)

I'm a homely little bit of tin and bone;
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