A vision of life

Chapter 8: “A FANCY FAIR COMES FLOATING ON MY THOUGHT”

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A sequence of lyrical and visionary poems that probe human experience through nature, memory, and spiritual reflection. Imagery moves from intimate domestic details to wild and mythic landscapes while meters shift between compact lyrics and more elaborate, Elizabethan-influenced lines. recurring concerns include loss and consolation, the passage of time, faith and renewed hope, and occasional public or allegorical addresses. A reflective voice oscillates between melancholy and affirmation, transforming everyday objects and moments into metaphysical insight. The work favors careful reading to appreciate its subtle verbal music, disciplined metrical shaping, and layered symbolism.

“A FANCY FAIR COMES FLOATING ON MY THOUGHT”

A Fancy fair comes floating on my thought

When on the wildering trammels I am caught

Of pensive studies; as the surrounding scheme

Fades and dissolves, and coming Hours gleam

Visionary the musing realms athwart:

That thou and I, all our keen battles fought,

Serene and hoar, past touch of withering aught,

Shall yet enkindle love, and kiss, and dream

A Fancy fair.

My Dearest, be this so! Let us be wrought

So to a unity as the Hours, full-fraught

With Blight and Bloom, slip by; let us esteem

The other in our loves so high-supreme,

That thus, Dear Heart, this Vision may be not

A Fancy fair.