A Selection from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick






19. THE FAIRIES

     If ye will with Mab find grace,
     Set each platter in his place;
     Rake the fire up, and get
     Water in, ere sun be set.
     Wash your pails and cleanse your dairies,
     Sluts are loathsome to the fairies;
     Sweep your house; Who doth not so,
     Mab will pinch her by the toe.

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