Fairy Poems

Few folk have seen a Fairy,
But I found this one for you.
If you believe with all your might
She’ll make your dreams come true.
~ Author unknown

The woods are full of fairies!
The trees are alive:
The river overflows with them.
See how they dip and dive!
What funny little fellows!
What dainty little dears!
They dance and leap, and prance and peep,
And utter fairy cheers!
~Author unknown

Two little clouds, one summer’s day,
Went flying through the sky;
They went so fast they bumped their heads,
And both began to cry.
Old Father Sun looked out and said:
‘Oh, never mind, my dears,
I’ll send my little fairy folk
To dry your falling tears.’
One fairy came in violet,
And one wore indigo;
In blue, green, yellow, orange, red,
They made a pretty row.
They wiped the cloud-tears all away,
And then from out the sky,
Upon a line the sunbeams made,
They hung their gowns to dry.
~ Author unknown

Believe in the Fairies
Who make dreams come true.
Believe in the wonder,
The stars and the moon.
Believe in the magic,
From Fairies above.
They dance on the flowers,
And sing songs of love.
And if you just believe,
And always stay true,
The Fairies will be there,
To watch over you!
~ Author unknown

And as the seasons come and go,
here’s something you might like to know.
There are fairies everywhere: under bushes, in the air,
playing games just like you play, singing through their busy day.
So listen, touch, and look around – in the air and on the ground.
And if you watch all nature’s things, you might just see a fairy’s wing.
~ Author unknown

If you have a special garden,
Where flowers and herbs abound.
Then take a pinch of fairy dust,
And sprinkle it around.
The fairies will take notice,
And at the end of day.
They’ll tiptoe out upon the grass,
And dance the night away.
~ Carla J. Nelson

There are fairies in your garden,
And they’re flying everywhere
Over trees and under leaves
And spinning in the air.
There are fairies in your garden,
And it’s plain for all to see
So look into you’re garden now
And you’ll see some just like me!
~ Author unknown

~ Where you believe there is magic … you will find it! ~

“When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy.”
~ Author Unknown

“There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can’t prove that there aren’t any, either”.
~ Author Unknown

“Don’t you wish you could have the fairies’ day – just laugh and dance and sing and play!”
~ Mary Jac

I’d Love to be a Fairy’s Child

By Robert Graves (1895–1985)

CHILDREN born of fairy stock
Never need for shirt or frock,
Never want for food or fire,
Always get their heart’s desire:
Jingle pockets full of gold,
Marry when they’re seven years old.
Every fairy child may keep
Two strong ponies and ten sheep;
All have houses, each his own,
Built of brick or granite stone;

They live on cherries, they run wild—
I’d love to be a Fairy’s child.

The Elve’s Dance

Anon.

Round about, round about,
In a fair ring-a,
Thus we dance, thus we dance,
And thus we sing-a,
Trip and go, to and fro
Over this green-a,
All about, in and out,
For our brave Queen-a.

Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespere

Be kind and courteous to this gentleman;
Hop in his walks and gambol in his eyes;
Feed him with apricots and dewberries,
With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries;
The honey-bags steal from the huble-bees,
And for night-tapers crop their waxen things.
And light them at the fiery glow-worm eyes,
To have my love to bed and to arise;
And pluck the wings from painted butterflies
To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes:
Nod to him, elves, and do him courtesies.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 3 Scene 1

Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare

Through bush, through brier,
Over park, over pale
Through flood, thorough fire
I do wander everywhere
Swifter than the moone’s sphere:
And I serve the fairy queen.
To dew her orbs upon the green
The cowslips tall her pensioners be:
In their gold coats spots you see
Those be rubies fairy favours
In those freckles live their savours:
I must go seek some dewdrops here
And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear…

The Fairy Ring

by George Mason and John Earsden

Let us in a lover’s round
Circle all this hallowed ground;
Softly, softly trip and go,
the light-foot Fairies jet it so.
Forward then and back again,
Here and there and everywhere,
Winding to and fro,
Skipping high and louting low;
And, like lovers, hand in hand,
March around and make a stand.

If You See A Fairy Ring.

Author Unknown

If you see a fairy ring

In a field of grass,

Very lightly step around,

Tip-Toe as you pass,

Last night Fairies frolicked there

And they’re sleeping somewhere near.

If you see a tiny fairy

Lying fast asleep

Shut your eyes

And run away,

Do not stay to peek!

Do not tell

Or you’ll break a fairy spell

Sleep Song.

By Steven Kroll

How far and wide the fairies fly

On bright and golden wing.

But when they settle down to sleep

A gentle song they sing

Sweet Queen of Night

Soft silver stars

We’re glad you are so near

We seek our beds

We rest our heads

Without a moment’s fear

On thistledown

In hidden nooks

We watch the waning light

The joys of sleep

Upon us creep

We wish you all good night

The Fairy Beam Upon You.

By Ben Johnson

The fairy beam upon you,

The stars to glisten on you,

A moon of light

In the noon of night,

Till the firedrake hath o’er-gone you.

The wheel of fortune guide you,

The boy with the bow beside you

Run aye in the way

Till the bird of day

And the luckier lote betide you.

Fairy Poems and Verse

JUST BEFORE THE MORNING LIGHT

Just before the morning light. Dewdrop Faeries take their flight.
Sprinkling Earth with dewdrop honey. Dawn a day that’s bright and sunny.

In the winter, cold and grey. They sprinkle frost jewels at our feet.
Covering all the winding way. With twinkling gems to greet.

Snowflake faeries high above. Sprinkle Earth with their gift of love.
Gently scattering as their duty. Lightly falling flakes of beauty.

~~By Author Unknown.~~

THE FAIRY CALL

A spell for summoning the fairies

Sit where the cat sits. Cross your toes. Close your eyes. And smell a rose.
Then say under your breath:

“I believe in fairies, sure as death.”Gadflykins! Gladtrypins! Gutterpuss and Cass!
Come to me fairily Each lad and lass!

~~From “Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book”~~

GOSSAMER FLIGHT

Deep inside the crystal forest

Where many fear to go

Is a place of peace and harmony

Where the springs of eternity flow.

This is where the faeries live

And pass away the hours

Dancing through the trees, Playing in the flowers.

Faeries flitting on gossamer wings

Are a common sight. Their wings of rainbow colors

Unfold quietly, taking flight.

Come and take the journey

To find your child within

Open up your heart and mind

And watch the magic begin.

~© By Christine McClimans aka Corky Ferguson ~

FAIRYLAND

A FAIRY’S house stands in a wood, Midst fairy trees and flowers,

Where daisies sing like little birds

Between the sun and showers, And grasses whisper tiny things

About this world of ours.

Such flowers are there beside the way, Lilies and hollyhocks:

Blow off their stalks to tell the time

Tall dandelion clocks; While harebells ring an hourly chime

Like a wound music-box.

Some day shall we two try to find

This strange enchanted place?

Go hand in hand through flower-lit woods

Where living trees embrace–And suddenly, as in a dream, Behold a fairy’s face!

In Faerie Glade
John Bliven Morin 2010 ©

Sun sinks quickly –
Red-yellow fellow –
Twilight spreads shade
Like a blanket,
Dotted and mottled,
In Faerie Glade.

Faeries on butterflies
Utter cries, flutter by,
On summer breeze,
Among the blossoms,
So easily, teasily,
Of apple trees.

Pixies on fireflies,
Dashing and flashing,
On summer air;
Wee lights in flight
Like flashing stars,
Everywhere

Gnomes riding frog-steeds,
Giddily on water-lillies,
Racing here and yond;
Dashing and splashing
From pad to pad,
Across the pond.

Moon goddess sends
Gentle beams, dreams,
While magick ones play;
Mortals sleep deeply, unaware,
Night features creatures
Immortal and fey.

Elven horns sounding!
Blowing, night’s going;
All creatures bade,
Time to go home again!
Hide where you abide,
In Faerie Glade!