DownAdownDerry A Book Of Fairy Poems Author:Walter De la Mare CONTENTS FAIRIES ..... PAGE ....... THE FAIRIES DANCING 3 DREAM-SONG 4 A-TISHOO . ... ....... . . .7 THE DOUBLE 8 ....... THE UNFINISHED DREAM . . . .II THE HORN 14 THE THREE BEGGARS . . . . . -I THE STRANGER....... ....... 2O THE RUIN 23 THE FAIRY IN WINTER . . . . .24 SLEEPYHEAD . . . ... -27 SAMS THREE WISHES OR LIFES LITTLE WHIRLIGIG . 29 PE... more »AK AND PUKE . . . . . -39 THE CHANGELING . . . . . -41 LOB LIE BY THE FIRE ..... 45 PAGE - BLUEBELLS . .48 THE HONEY ROBBERS . 5 1 BERRIES . 55 HAPPY, HAPPY IT IS TO BE . 58 aTHE WATER MIDDENS SONG . . . . -63 - ALL BUT BLIND . . . .64 FAIRY...... THE MOCKING 69 DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY...... 70 WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT ........ THE HARE 76 ...... I SAW THREE WITCHES . . . . 79 ...... THE ISLE OF LONE 8l ..... SUNK LYONESSE 86 ....... THE SLEEPING BEAUTY 89 ..... BEWITCHED 91 THE ENCHANTED HILL 93 THE RIDE-BY-NIGHTS...... ...... 97 ...... OFF THE GROUND 99 ....... SADLY, O SADLY 105 THE DWARF 109 LONGLEGS . . . . . . .112 VI PAGE THE MERMAIDS . . . . . . . Il6 ........ THE LITTLE CREATURE . . . . 119 ....... SAM 121 JOURNEY....... THE WITCH 125 THE 129 AS LUCY WENT A-WALKING . . . . -134 BEWARE ....... THE WORLD OF DREAM 140 -SOME ONE . . . . . . .143 ....... MUSIC ........146 ...... HAUNTED 147 THEY TOLD ME 149 THE SUNKEN GARDEN . . . . . . 151 SNOW ........153 THE WORLD OF DREAM . . . . 157 QUEEN DJENIRA . . . . . . 160 NIGHTFALL . . . . . . .163 THE LITTLE GREEN ORCHARD . . . .165 THE OLD KING . . . . . . . 167 THE TRUANTS....... 171 THE LITTLE SALAMANDER . . . . . 175 vii VOICES........ SORCERY........ 176 ....... 179 MELMILLO 185 PAGE THE QUIET ENEMY . . . . . . 186 MISTLETOE . . . . . . .189 NOT I . . . . . . . . 193 LIST OF COLOURED PLATES THE FAIRIES DANCING I heard the fairies in a ring . . . Frontispiece DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY, SWEET ANNIE MAROON . . page 70 FINE..... 4 AS LUCY WENT A-WALKING ONE MORNING COLD AND ,, 134 Vlll FAIRIES« less