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I	A
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I'll tell you a Fairy Tale that's new	B
How the merry Elves o'er the ocean flew	B
From the Emerald isle to this far off shore	C
As they were wont in the days of yore	C
And played their pranks one moonlit night	D
Where the zephyrs alone could see the sight	D
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II	A
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Ere the Old world yet had found the New	B
The fairies oft in their frolics flew	B
To the fragrant isles of the Caribbee	E
Bright bosom gems of a golden sea	F
Too dark was the film of the Indian's eye	A
These gossamer sprites to suspect or spy	A
So they danced 'mid the spicy groves unseen	G
And mad were their merry pranks I ween	G
For the fairies like other discreet little elves	H
Are freest and fondest when all by themselves	H
No thought had they that in after time	I
The Muse would echo their deeds in rhyme	I
So gayly doffing light stocking and shoe	B
They tripped o'er the meadow all dappled in dew	B
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III	A
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I could tell if I would some right merry tales	J
Of unslippered fairies that danced in the vales	J
But the lovers of scandal I leave in the lurch	K
And beside these elves don't belong to the church	K
If they danced be it known 'twas not in the clime	I
Of your Mathers and Hookers where laughter was crime	I
Where sentinel virtue kept guard o'er the lip	L
Though witchcraft stole into the heart by a slip	L
Oh no 'twas the land of the fruit and the flower	M
Where Summer and Spring both dwelt in one bower	M
Where one hung the citron all ripe from the bough	E
And the other with blossoms encircled her brow	E
Where the mountains embosomed rich tissues of gold	N
And the rivers o'er rubies and emeralds rolled	N
It was there where the seasons came only to bless	O
And the fashions of Eden still lingered in dress	O
That these gay little fairies were wont as I say	P
To steal in their merriest gambols away	P
But dropping the curtain o'er frolic and fun	G
Too good to be told or too bad to be done	G
I give you a legend from Fancy's own sketch	Q
Though I warn you he's given to fibbing the wretch	Q
Yet I learn by the legends of breezes and brooks	R
'Tis as true as the fairy tales told in the books	R
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IV	S
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One night when the moon shone fair on the main	G
Choice spirits were gathered from meadow and plain	G
And lightly embarking from Erin's bold cliffs	T
They slid o'er the wave in their moonbeam skiffs	T
A ray for a rudder a thought for a sail	U
Swift swift was each bark as the wing of the gale	U
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Yet long were the tale	U
Should I linger to say	P
What gambol and frolic	V
Enlivened the way	P
How they flirted with bubbles	W
That danced on the wave	S
Or listened to mermaids	X
That sang from the cave	S
Or slid with the moonbeams	Y
Down deep to the grove	S
Of coral where mullet	Z
And goldfish rove	S
How there in long vistas	A2
Of silence and sleep	B2
They waltzed as if mocking	C2
The death of the deep	B2
How oft where the wreck	D2
Lay scattered and torn	G
They peeped in the skull	E2
All ghastly and lorn	G
Or deep 'mid wild rocks	F2
Quizzed the goggling shark	G2
And mouthed at the sea wolf	S
So solemn and stark	G2
Each seeming to think	H2
That the earth and the sea	F
Were made but for fairies	I2
For gambol and glee	F
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V	F
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Enough that at last they came to the Isle	J2
Where moonlight and fragrance were rivals the while	J2
Not yet had those vessels from Palos been here	K2
To turn the bright gem to the blood mingled tear	L2
Oh no still blissful and peaceful the land	M2
And the merry elves flew from the sea to the strand	M2
Right happy and joyous seemed now the fond crew	B
As they tripped 'mid the orange groves flashing in dew	B
For they were to hold a revel that night	D
A gay fancy ball and each to be dight	D
In the gem or the flower that fancy might choose	N2
From mountain or vale for its fragrance or hues	N2
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VI	S
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Away sped the maskers like arrows of light	D
To gather their gear for the revel bright	D
To the dazzling peaks of far off Peru	B
In emulous speed some sportively flew	B
And deep in the mine or 'mid glaciers on high	S
For ruby and sapphire searched heedful and sly	S
For diamonds rare that gleam in the bed	D
Of Brazilian streams some merrily sped	D
While others for topaz and emerald stray	P
'Mid the cradle cliffs of the Paraguay	P
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VII	S
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As these are gathering the rarest of gems	O2
Others are plucking the rarest of stems	O2
They range wild dells where the zephyr alone	G
To the blushing blossoms before was known	G
Through forests they fly whose branches are hung	P2
By creeping plants with fair flowerets strung	P2
Where temples of nature with arches of bloom	I
Are lit by the moonlight and faint with perfume	I
They stray where the mangrove and clematis twine	G
Where azalia and laurel in rivalry shine	G
Where tall as the oak the passion tree glows	Q2
And jasmine is blent with rhodora and rose	Q2
O'er blooming savannas and meadows of light	D
'Mid regions of summer they sweep in their flight	D
And gathering the fairest they speed to their bower	M
Each one with his favorite brilliant or flower	M
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VIII	S
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The hour is come and the fairies are seen	G
In their plunder arrayed on the moonlit green	G
The music is breathed 'tis a soft strain of pleasure	M
And the light giddy throng whirl into the measure	M
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'Twas a joyous dance and the dresses were bright	D
Such as never were known till that famous night	D
For the gems and the flowers that shone in the scene	G
O'ermatched the regalia of princess and queen	G
No gaudy slave to a fair one's brow	E
Was the rose or the ruby or emerald now	E
But lighted with souls by the playful elves	H
The brilliants and blossoms seemed dancing themselves	H
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IX	H
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Of all that did chance 'twere a long tale to tell	R2
Of the dresses and waltzes and who was the belle	R2
But each was so happy and all were so fair	L2
That night stole away and the dawn caught them there	L2
Such a scampering never before was seen	G
As the fairies' flight on that island green	G
They rushed to the bay with twinkling feet	D
But vain was their haste for the moonlight fleet	D
Had passed with the dawn and never again	G
Were those fairies permitted to traverse the main	G
But 'mid the groves when the sun was high	S
The Indian marked with a worshipping eye	S
The HUMMING BIRDS all unknown before	C
Glancing like thoughts from flower to flower	M
And seeming as if earth's loveliest things	H
The brilliants and blossoms had taken wings	H
And Fancy hath whispered in numbers light	D
That these are the fairies who danced that night	D
And linger yet in the garb they wore	C
Content in our clime and more blest than before	C

Sam G. Goodrich

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