Mythology & Folklore
The Dangerous Little Boy Fairies
From The Congo and Other Poems (1914)
Mythology & Folklore
In fairyland the little boys
Would rather fight than eat their meals.
They like to chase a gauze-winged fly
And catch and beat him till he squeals.
Sometimes they come to sleeping men
Armed with the deadly red-rose thorn,
And those that feel its fearful wound
Repent the day that they were born.
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Lindsay, Vachel. “The Dangerous Little Boy Fairies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/90/.
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Lindsay, Vachel. “The Dangerous Little Boy Fairies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/90/.
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