Child Songs of Cheer

<h2><SPAN name="FAIRY_RINGS" id="FAIRY_RINGS"></SPAN>FAIRY RINGS</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Softly in the gloaming<br/></span> <span class="i2">Flitting through the vale,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Fairy folk are roaming<br/></span> <span class="i2">Over hill and dale.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Pixies in the hollow,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Elves upon the height,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Let us follow, follow<br/></span> <span class="i2">Through the paling light.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Follow, all unbidden,<br/></span> <span class="i2">To the grassy glade<br/></span> <span class="i0">Wrapped around and hidden<br/></span> <span class="i2">In the forest shade.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Hark the elfin tinkle<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of their little lutes!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Mark the golden twinkle<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of their fairy flutes!<br/></span></div> </div> <p class="center"><SPAN name="pic_2" id="pic_2"></SPAN><ANTIMG src="images/image_02.jpg" alt="FAIRY RINGS" width-obs="500" height-obs="730" /><br/> <span class="caption">FAIRY RINGS</span></p> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">See them dancing, dancing,<br/></span> <span class="i2">While the silver moon<br/></span> <span class="i0">Tips their swiftly glancing<br/></span> <span class="i2">Little silver shoon!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Tripping, tripping lightly,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Where their footprints fall,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Look! the grass is brightly<br/></span> <span class="i2">Growing green and tall!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Springing close, unbroken,<br/></span> <span class="i2">In a fairy ring,<br/></span> <span class="i0">For to-morrow's token<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of their frolicking!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />