Versos English Joseph Rodman Drake Tennant's Anster Fair, XXII

English poem

Tennant's Anster Fair, XXII

by (1795–1820)

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A moment and its lustre fell, But ere it met the billow blue, He caught within his crimson bell, A droplet of its sparkling dew— Joy to thee, Fay! thy task is done, Thy wings are pure, for the gem is won— Cheerly ply thy dripping oar, And haste away to the elfin shore.