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The Book of Fairy Poetry

Dora Owen

First published 1920
Publisher Longmans, Green and Co.
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Warwick Goble
Pages x+180

Available online at the Internet Archive (missing pp. 26-27).

  • Interior art includes 16 color plates plus smaller b/w drawings.
  • The darkening at the top of the cover image is a reflection of the plastic covering of the dust jacket, and does not appear on the actual dust jacket.
  • Contents in three groups:
    1. "Fairy Stories", 29 poems on pp. 3-82.
    2. "Fairy Songs, Dances, and Talks", 32 poems on pp. 85-141.
    3. "Fairyland and Fairy Lore", 40 poems on pp. 145-180.
  • There are additional quote extracts from poems for each of the three sections. These are not included in the contents, and consistent our not including such quotes at the beginning of books, we do not include those here.
  • The ToC lists "Song", by John Milton, but errs because the book includes two different such "Songs". Both are included in our contents below.
  • "Fairy Lullaby" is uncredited, but translated by E. Sigerson. "The Fairies' Lullaby" is uncredited, but translated by E. Hall.
  • Although credited to Tom Hood, "From 'The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies'" is actually by Thomas Hood, the father of Tom Hood and is an excerpt from an 1827 book. The entry in this book begins with verse III of the original.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Thomas the Rhymer uncredited Poem
5 Tamlane uncredited Poem
10 Kilmeny James Hogg Poem
18 Alice Brand Walter Scott Poem
22 The Fairies William Allingham Poem
22 The Ferlie Graham R. Tomson Poem
24 The Lupracaun, or Fairy Shoemaker unknown Poem
27 The Fairies of the Caldon-Low Mary Howitt Poem
30 The Fairy Well of Lagnanay Samuel Ferguson Poem
32 The Kelpie of Corrievreckan Charles Mackay Poem
35 The Brownie of Blednoch William Nicholson (1782-1849) Poem
39 Goblin Market Christina Rossetti Poem
54 La Belle Dame Sans Merci John Keats Poem
56 The Forsaken Merman Matthew Arnold Poem
60 From "The Coming of Arthur" Alfred Tennyson Poem
62 A Fairy Revel, before the coming of Guinevere Alfred Tennyson Poem
63 From "The Passing of Arthur" Alfred Tennyson Poem
65 Merlin and the Fay Vivian Matthew Arnold Poem
67 The Veairies William Barnes Poem
69 What the Toys Do at Night Anonymous Poem
71 Pixy Work Florence Harrison Poem
73 Berries Walter de la Mare Poem
75 Peak and Puke Walter de la Mare Poem
75 The Honey-Robbers Walter de la Mare Poem
76 The Three Beggars Walter de la Mare Poem
78 The Hills of Ruel Fiona MacLeod Poem
78 The Love-Talker Ethna Carbery Poem
80 The Host of the Air W. B. Yeats Poem
81 The Stolen Child W. B. Yeats Poem
85 The Elves' Dance uncredited Poem
85 The Fairies' Dance uncredited Poem
85 The Urchins' Dance uncredited Poem
86 Fairy Revels John Lyly Poem
86 Old Song uncredited Poem
86 The Fairy Queen uncredited Poem
88 Robin Good-Fellow uncredited Poem
91 Ariel's Songs William Shakespeare Poem
92 Fairy Orders for the Night William Shakespeare Poem
93 The Enchanter William Shakespeare Poem
94 Caliban Plagued by Fairies William Shakespeare Poem
95 Fairy Scenes from "Midsummer Night's Dream" William Shakespeare Poem
107 The Eighth Nimphall Michael Drayton Poem
112 Song ("We, that are of purer fire") John Milton Poem
113 Song ("Sabrina fair") John Milton Poem
113 The Elfin Pedlar George Darley Poem
115 Songs from "Prince Brightkin" uncredited Poem
117 The Noon Call William Allingham Poem
118 Song from "The Culprit Fay" J. Rodman Drake Poem
119 Owlspiegle and Cockledemoy Walter Scott Poem
120 Fairy Song Walter Scott Poem
121 Fairies on the Sea-Shore L. E. Landon Poem
123 Song of Four Fairies John Keats Poem
123 The Conceited Elf George Darley Poem
126 Two Fairies in a Garden William Allingham Poem
132 The Mermaid Alfred Tennyson Poem
133 The Merman Alfred Tennyson Poem
135 The Sea-Fairies Alfred Tennyson Poem
136 The Moon Child Fiona MacLeod Poem
137 Mider's Song Fiona MacLeod Poem
138 Fairy Lullaby uncredited Poem
140 A Faery Song W. B. Yeats Poem
140 The Fairies' Lullaby uncredited Poem
145 The Fairies' Farewell Bishop Corbet Poem
146 Nimphidia the Court of Fairy Michael Drayton Poem
148 Lirope the Bright Michael Drayton Poem
149 "O then, I see" William Shakespeare Poem
149 Christmas Tide William Shakespeare Poem
151 The Fairy Banquet uncredited Poem
152 The Fairy Musicians William Browne Poem
153 Oberon's Feast Robert Herrick Poem
154 The Fairy King Sir Simeon Steward Poem
156 Queen Mab Ben Jonson Poem
158 The Beggar to Mab, the Fairy Queen Robert Herrick Poem
158 The Fairies Robert Herrick Poem
159 "Good Luck befriend thee" John Milton Poem
159 From the Night-Piece to Julia Robert Herrick Poem
160 "Some say no evil thing" John Milton Poem
160 "Sometimes, with secure delight" John Milton Poem
161 "Benighted Travellers" Sir William Davenant Poem
161 Damon the Mower (excerpt) Andrew Marvell (poet) Poem
161 The Elfin Gathering George Darley Poem
164 Friday Walter Scott Poem
164 Popular Rhymes of Scotland uncredited Poem
165 From "The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies" Tom Hood (I) Poem
165 The Fountain of the Fairies Robert Southey Poem
168 Flower Fairies Philip Bourke Marston Poem
169 Lob Lie by the Fire Walter de la Mare Poem
169 The Elf Toper George Darley Poem
171 The Fairy Lough Moira O'Neill Poem
171 The Truants Walter de la Mare Poem
172 The Ruin Walter de la Mare Poem
173 Dreams Within Dreams Fiona MacLeod Poem
173 From the Hills of Dream Fiona MacLeod Poem
174 The Lords of Shadow Fiona MacLeod Poem
174 The Nightingale in Fairyland John Keats Poem
175 From "A Vision of Mermaids" Gerard Hopkins Poem
175 The Fairy Boy Moira O'Neill Poem
176 "Children, children, don't forget" Dora Owen Poem
177 Goblin Feet J. R. R. Tolkien Poem
177 The Fairy Minister Andrew Lang Poem
178 The Last Fay Fiona MacLeod Poem
180 The Horns of Elfland Alfred Tennyson Poem