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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By WilliamWinter

668 Unwritten Poems

FAIRY spirits of the breeze—

Frailer nothing is than these.

Fancies born we know not where—

In the heart or in the air;

Wandering echoes blown unsought

From far crystal peaks of thought;

Shadows, fading at the dawn,

Ghosts of feeling dead and gone:

Alas! Are all fair things that live

Still lovely and still fugitive?