Song. (A lake and a fairy boat...)
By Thomas Hood
For music.
A lake and a fairy boat
To sail in the moonlight clear, --
And merrily we would float
From the dragons that watch us here!
Thy gown should be snow-white silk:
And strings of orient pearls,
Like gossamers dipped in milk,
Should twine with thy raven curls!
Red rubies should deck thy hands,
And diamonds should be thy dower --
But fairies have broke their wands,
And wishing has lost its power!
Source Book
The Poetical Works Of Thomas Hood
by Thomas Hood
Copyright 1861
Published by Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company
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