Mythology & Folklore
What the Gray-winged Fairy Said
From The Congo and Other Poems (1914)
Mythology & Folklore
The moon's a gong, hung in the wild,
Whose song the fays hold dear.
Of course you do not hear it, child.
It takes a FAIRY ear.
The full moon is a splendid gong
That beats as night grows still.
It sounds above the evening song
Of dove or whippoorwill.
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Lindsay, Vachel. “What the Gray-winged Fairy Said.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/113/.
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Lindsay, Vachel. “What the Gray-winged Fairy Said.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/113/.
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