English Poetry. Alfred Edward Housman. Last Poems. 21. The Fairies Break Their Dances. Альфред Эдвард Хаусман (Хаусмен).

Alfred Edward Housman (Альфред Эдвард Хаусман (Хаусмен))

Last Poems. 21. The Fairies Break Their Dances

The fairies break their dances
        And leave the printed lawn,
And up from India glances
        The silver sail of dawn.

The candles burn their sockets,
        The blinds let through the day,
The young man feels his pockets
        And wonders what’s to pay.

Alfred Edward Housman’s other poems:

1. Last Poems. 27. The Sigh That Heaves the Grasses
2. Last Poems. 19. In Midnights of November
3. More Poems. 14. The Farms of Home Lie Lost in Even
4. Last Poems. 14. The Culprit
5. Last Poems. 20. The Night Is Freezing Fast

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