"'I will tell you where there is plenty of it'"—Frontispiece[Contents][iii]
GREAT DAYS IN AMERICAN HISTORY SERIES
DAYS OF THE DISCOVERERS
BY
L. LAMPREY
Author of "In the Days of the Guild","Masters of the Guild", etc.
illustrated by
FLORENCE CHOATE and ELIZABETH CURTIS
new york
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
publishers
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Copyright, 1921, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company
All rights reserved, including that of translationinto foreign languages
Made in the United States of America
TO FORESTA
Upon the road to Faerie,
O there are many sights to see,—
Small woodland folk may one discern
Housekeeping under leaf and fern,
And little tunnels in the grass
Where caravans of goblins pass,
And airy corsair-craft that float
On wings transparent as a mote,—
All sorts of curious things can be
Upon the road to Faerie!
O there are many sights to see,—
Small woodland folk may one discern
Housekeeping under leaf and fern,
And little tunnels in the grass
Where caravans of goblins pass,
And airy corsair-craft that float
On wings transparent as a mote,—
All sorts of curious things can be
Upon the road to Faerie!
Along the wharves of Faerie—
There all the winds of Christendie
Are musical with hawk-bell chimes,
Carillons rung to minstrels' rimes,
And silver trumpets bravely blown
From argosies of lands unknown,
And the great war-drum's wakening roll—
The reveillé of heart and soul—
For news of all the ageless sea
Comes to the quays of Faerie!
There all the winds of Christendie
Are musical with hawk-bell chimes,
Carillons rung to minstrels' rimes,
And silver trumpets bravely blown
From argosies of lands unknown,
And the great war-drum's wakening roll—
The reveillé of heart and soul—
For news of all the ageless sea
Comes to the quays of Faerie!
Across the fields to Faerie
There is no lack of company,—
The world is real, the world is wide,
But there be many things beside.
Who once has known that crystal spring
Shall not lose heart for anything.
The blessing of a faery wife
Is love to sweeten all your life.
To find the truth whatever it be—
...
There is no lack of company,—
The world is real, the world is wide,
But there be many things beside.
Who once has known that crystal spring
Shall not lose heart for anything.
The blessing of a faery wife
Is love to sweeten all your life.
To find the truth whatever it be—
...