I have a fairy by my side
Which says I must not sleep,
When once in pain I loudly cried
It said "You must not weep"
If, full of mirth, I smile and grin,
It says "You must not laugh"
When once I wished to drink some gin
It said "You must not quaff".
When once a meal I wished to taste
It said "You must not bite"
When to the wars I went in haste
It said "You must not fight".
"What may I do?" at length I cried,
Tired of the painful task.
The fairy quietly replied,
And said "You must not ask".
Moral: "You mustn't."
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GOOd FaiRY poEMM
From guest mehak (contact)
i like the poem very much .it tells me about a hidden fairy in me....that's funny.o.k. this poem is beyond my understanding -
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Not bad for a 13 year old (assuming your date attribution is correct). Shows some of the eccentric originality for which he later became famous
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poem: My Fairy
From guest Lindsey MarkShire (contact)
I love this poem by Lewis Carroll because it is like your consience telling you not to do things that your mind wants you to do. But he put it in words that would be enjoyable for people of all ages. -
Goodly writ!
What exactly is a "kitchen counter"?
One who counts kitchens!
Or one who counts himself one? -
mustn't
well, to me this poem is full of logical reasoning but with thee reason I think I must not say anything about the poem beacuse the beauty of the poem is beyond my imagination, an excellent piece of thoght... -
Love it
this poem is probley one of the coolest poems i have ever read my girlfriend is just crazy about faerys and all of there nature and so ill probley send this to her she will just love it and supriseingly a guy wrote this not to many guys would be manly enough to write about faerys -
Not one of my favorites of his. I find some of the non-sensical, trippy stuff fun from time to time, but this lacked the whimsy of his other poems. Too preachy, and the flow broke for me a number of times. Also the repetition here made the poem feel canned and predictable.
Tired of the painful task.
that struck me as a tin ear line that completely broke the poem's rhythm (which lacked imagination, but up until that point had been at least steady, albeit steady in a way that smacked of a bored person tapping fingers on a kitchen counter).
It's no Jabberwocky -
I wonder if this "Fairy" had a name....
could make a sugestion!
very cute yet again Mr Carroll
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