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“To fairy flutes, As the light advances, In square black boots The cabman dances.”

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J. B. Morton, a prominent writer, was born on June 7, 1893, and passed away on May 10, 1979. His works have been well-received by readers and have had a profound impact on literature. more

“She's one of those soppy girls, riddled from head to foot with whimsy. She holds the view that the stars are God's daisy chain, that rabbits are gnomes in attendance on the Fairy Queen, and that every time a fairy blows its wee nose a baby is born, which, as we know, is not the case. She's a drooper.”

Knows Girl Stars Born Views Cases Feet Baby Blow Chains Noses Queens Fairy Rabbits Daisies Gnome Attendance Whimsy

Book:Aunts Omnibus

Source: Aunts Omnibus

“Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. Some of us have ventured out nevertheless, and so far we have not fallen off. It is my faith, my feminist faith, that we will not.”

Ifs Inspirational Has Beens Motivational Earth Fall Feminism Taught Edges Feminist Fallen Flats Nevertheless Venture

Author:Andrea Dworkin

“Then clear on a flute of purest gold A sweet little fairy played. And wonderful fairy tales she told and marvelous music made.”

Littles Made Clear Wonderful Sweet Gold Tales Fairy Fairy Tale Marvelous Flutes

Book:Fairyland

Source: Fairyland

“Fairies, arouse! Mix with your song Harplet and pipe, Thrilling and clear, Swarm on the boughs! Chant in a throng! Morning is ripe, Waiting to hear.”

Song Waiting Morning Clear Fairy Thrilling Pipe Ripe Swarms

Book:Songs, Ballads, and Stories: Including Many Now First Collected, the Rest Revised and Rearranged

Source: Songs, Ballads, and Stories: Including Many Now First Collected, the Rest Revised and Rearranged

“If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower.”

Ifs Mind Might Waiting Sides Pleasure Flower Angel Spread Enjoyment Fairy Faerie Tranquil Sunbeams

Book:Thrift

Source: Thrift

“The wall is silence, the grass is sleep, Tall trees of peace their vigil keep, And the Fairy of Dreams with moth-wings furled. Plays soft on her flute to the drowsy world.”

World Play Dream Sleep Silence Tree Wall Wings Grass Fairy Tall Faerie Moths Flutes Drowsy Tall Trees

Book:Fairyland

Source: Fairyland

“It is not children only that one feeds with fairy tales.”

Children Tales Fairy Fairy Tale

Author:Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“The dances ended, all the fairy train For pinks and daisies search'd the flow'ry plain.”

Flow Train Fairy Daisies

Book:The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward

Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward

“They are fairies; he that speaks to them shall die. I'll wink and couch; no man their works must eye.”

Men Eye Dies Speak Fairy Couches Faerie

Book:The dramatic works and poems of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of Steevens and Malone, with life, and historical, critical, and explanatory notices by A. Cunningham, a glossary and illustrations

Source: The dramatic works and poems of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of Steevens and Malone, with life, and historical, critical, and explanatory notices by A. Cunningham, a glossary and illustrations

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