The Golden Threshold/Songs for Music/To my Fairy Fancies

1632381The Golden Threshold — To my Fairy FanciesSarojini Naidu


TO MY FAIRY FANCIES

Nay, no longer I may hold you,
In my spirit's soft caresses,
Nor like lotus-leaves enfold you
In the tangles of my tresses.
Fairy fancies, fly away!
To the white cloud-wildernesses,

Fly away!


Nay, no longer ye may linger
With your laughter-lighted faces,
Now I am a thought-worn singer
In life's high and lonely places.
Fairy fancies, fly away,
To bright wind-inwoven spaces,

Fly away!