Poem by Thomas Hood

To Fancy

Most delicate Ariel! submissive thing,
Won by the mind's high magic to its hest—
Invisible embassy, or secret guest,—
Weighing the light air on a lighter wing;—
Whether into the midnight moon, to bring
Illuminate visions to the eye of rest,—
Or rich romances from the florid West,—
Or to the sea, for mystic whispering,—
Still by thy charm'd allegiance to the will,
The fruitful wishes prosper in the brain,
As by the fingering of fairy skill,—
Moonlight, and waters, and soft music's strain,
Odors, and blooms, and my Miranda's smile,
Making this dull world an enchanted isle. 

1. The World Is with Me
2. Ballad (Spring it is cheery)
3. The Poet's Portion
4. Ballad (She's up and gone, the graceless girl)
5. Lines on Seeing My Wife and Two Children Sleeping in the Same Chamber

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