To My Fairy Fancies

NAY, no longer I may hold you,

In my spirit's soft caresses,

Nor like lotus-leaves enfold you

In the tangles of my tresses.

Fairy fancies, fly away

To the white cloud-wildernesses,

Fly away!

Nay, no longer ye may linger

With your laughter-lighted faces,

Now I am a thought-worn singer

In life's high and lonely places.

Fairy fancies, fly away,

To bright wind-inwoven spaces,

Fly away!