Faeries, Elves and Other Kin
Michele Burke May 1st, 2009
Copyright 2008 Howard David Johnson
Earth Faeries
Amidst the roots, mushrooms and stones
A gathering of undeniable elemental forces dwell
Governing the seasons and milieu
Presiding over the Faerie realm
Sylphs, Undines, Gnomes and Salamanders reign
Over the air, water, earth, and flame
Unseen but felt, permeating the being, absorbed like a sponge
Gathering their forces
Bringing forth the essence and color of the seasons
~Michele Burke, (2009)
Hymn of Pan
From the forests and the highlands
We come, We come;
From the river girt islands,
Where loud waves are dumb
Listening to my sweet piping’s
The wind in the reeds and the rushes
The bees on the bells of thyme,
The birds on the myrtle bushes,
The cicale above in the lime,
And lizards below in the grass,
Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was
Listening to my sweet piping’s
The Seleni, and Sylvans, and Fauns,
And the Nymphs of the woods and the waves,
To the edge of the moist river lawns.
And the brink of the dewy caves,
And all that did then attend and follow,
Were silent with love, as you now, Apollo,
With envy of my sweet piping’s.
I sang of the dancing stars,
I sang of the Daedal earth,
And of Heaven- and the giant wars,
And Love and Death, and Birth!
~ Percy Bysshe Shelly (1792-1822)
Bibliography and Works Cited
Shelly, P. B. (1792-1822). Hymn of Pan. Retrieved April 22, 2009, from http://faerymists.tripod.com/fypoetry/Shelley/Shelley.htm
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