Mythology & Folklore
Pinch Him, Fairies
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Mythology & Folklore
Fy on sinful fantasy!
Fy on lust and luxury!
Lust is but a bloody fire,
Kindled with unchaste desire,
Fed in heart; whose flames aspire,
As thoughts do blow them, higher and higher.
Pinch him, fairies, mutually;
Pinch him for his villainy;
Pinch him, and burn him, and turn him about,
Till candles, and star-light, and moon-shine be out.
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Shakespeare, William. “Pinch Him, Fairies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shakespeare/197/.
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Shakespeare, William. “Pinch Him, Fairies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shakespeare/197/.
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