<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">The Fairy Lover.</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"> SHE lay beneath an appletree,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">A marble maiden, free from care;</p><p class="line">And round her was a canopy</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Of moonlit air.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">He made his bed among the leaf,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And on a petal softly blown, </p><p class="line">He touched a vein upon her brow</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">With grief unknown.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Then lightly, where the lashes fall,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Entered the chamber of her soul;</p><p class="line">And, finding there a silver bell,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">He made it toll.</p></div></body></html> · Great War