{"id":1887,"date":"2019-04-30T23:42:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T23:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1887"},"modified":"2019-05-03T12:01:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T12:01:06","slug":"the-fairy-queens-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1887","title":{"rendered":"The Fairy Queen\u2019s Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n

The Fairy Queen\u2019s large kingdom, got by birth,
\nIs in the midst and<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> center of the Earth,
\nWhere there are many springs and running streams,
\nWhose waves do glister by the Queen\u2019s bright beams,
\nWhich makes them murmur as they pass away,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nBecause by running round they cannot stay.
\nFor<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> they do ever move, and,<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> like the sun,
\nDo constantly in circulation<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> run,<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nAnd as the sun gives heat to make things spring,
\nSo water moisture gives to<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> everything.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10
\nThus<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> these two elements give life to all,
\nCreating everything on th\u2019Earth\u2019s<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> round ball.
\nAnd all along this liquid source doth flow,<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nStand myrtle trees, and banks where flowers grow.<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\n\u2019Tis true, there are no birds to sing sweet notes,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15
\nBut there are winds that whistle like birds\u2019<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> throats,
\nWhose sounds and notes, by variation, oft
\nMake better music then the spheres aloft.
\nNor is there any beast<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span> of cruel nature,
\nBut a slow, crawling<\/span>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span> worm, a gentle creature,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20
\nWho fears no hungry birds<\/span>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span> to pick him<\/span>16<\/sup><\/a><\/span> out,
\nBut safely grasps<\/span>17<\/sup><\/a><\/span> the tender twigs about.
\nThere mountains are of pure refin\u00e8d gold,
\nAnd rocks of diamonds, perfect to behold,
\nWhose brightness is a sun to all about,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 25
\nWhich glory makes Apollo\u2019s beams keep out.
\nQuarries<\/span>18<\/sup><\/a><\/span> of rubies, sapphires there are store,
\nCrystals, and amethysts, and<\/span>19<\/sup><\/a><\/span> many more;
\nThere polished pillars nat\u2019rally<\/span>20<\/sup><\/a><\/span> appear,
\nWhere twining vines are clustered all the year.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30
\nThe axle-tree whereon the Earth turns round
\nIs one great diamond, by opinion found.
\nAnd the two ends, which we do call<\/span>21<\/sup><\/a><\/span> the poles,
\nAre pointed diamonds, turning in two holes,<\/span>22<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nWhich holes are rings of pure refin\u00e8d gold,<\/span>23<\/sup><\/a><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 35
\nAnd all the weight of that vast world uphold,<\/span>24<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nWhich makes the sun so seldom there appear,
\nFor fear those rings should melt, if he came near.
\nAnd like<\/span>25<\/sup><\/a><\/span> a wheel the elements are found,
\nIn even lays, and many<\/span>26<\/sup><\/a><\/span> turnings round.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 40
\nFirst, fire is in the<\/span>27<\/sup><\/a><\/span> circle, as the spoke,
\nAnd then comes water; air is but<\/span>28<\/sup><\/a><\/span> the smoke
\nBegot of both, for fire doth water boil,
\nAnd causes clouds and<\/span>29<\/sup><\/a><\/span> smoke, which is the oil.
\nThis smoky child sometimes is good, then bad,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 45
\nAccording to the nourishment it had.
\nThe outward circle as the earth suppose,
\nWhich is the surface where all plenty grows.<\/span>30<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nYet<\/span>31<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Earth is not the cause of its self-turning,<\/span>32<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nBut fire within; nor is there<\/span>33<\/sup><\/a><\/span> fear of burning\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 50
\nThe axle-tree, for that grows hard with heat,
\nAnd by its quickness turns the wheel, though great,
\nUnless its outward weight do press it<\/span>34<\/sup><\/a><\/span> down,
\nRaising the bottom,<\/span>35<\/sup><\/a><\/span> bowing down the crown.
\nBut<\/span>36<\/sup><\/a><\/span> why this while am I so long of proving,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 55
\nOnly<\/span>37<\/sup><\/a><\/span> to show how this Earth still is moving?
\nAnd the heavens, as wheels, do turn<\/span>38<\/sup><\/a><\/span> likewise,
\nAs we do daily see before<\/span>39<\/sup><\/a><\/span> our eyes.
\nThus is made good the proverb, which doth say<\/span>40<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nThat all the world on wheels doth run its way.<\/span>41<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 60
\nAnd by this<\/span>42<\/sup><\/a><\/span> turn such blasts of wind do blow,
\nAs we may think they do like windmills<\/span>43<\/sup><\/a><\/span> go.
\nBut winds are made by Vulcan\u2019s bellows sure,
\nWhich makes the Earth such colics to endure,
\nFor he, a smith, sits<\/span>44<\/sup><\/a><\/span> at the forge below,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 65
\nAnd is ordained<\/span>45<\/sup><\/a><\/span> the center-fire to blow.
\nBut Venus laughs to think what horns he wears,
\nThough on his shoulders half the Earth he bears.
\nNature her metal makes him hammer<\/span>46<\/sup><\/a><\/span> out,
\nWhich she doth send<\/span>47<\/sup><\/a><\/span> through mines the world about,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 70
\nFor he\u2019s th\u2019old man that doth i\u2019th\u2019center dwell,
\nShe Proserpine, that\u2019s thought the queen of hell.
\nThus<\/span>48<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Venus is a tinker\u2019s wife, we see,
\nNot a goddess, as she was thought to be
\nWhen all the world to her did off\u2019rings<\/span>49<\/sup><\/a><\/span> bring,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 75
\nAnd her high praise in prose and verse did<\/span>50<\/sup><\/a><\/span> sing,
\nAnd priests in orders on her altars tend,
\nAnd to her image all wise heads did<\/span>51<\/sup><\/a><\/span> bend.
\nBut O vain ways, that mortal<\/span>52<\/sup><\/a><\/span> men did go
\nTo worship gods, which themselves did<\/span>53<\/sup><\/a><\/span> not know!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 80
\n\u2019Tis true, her son\u2019s a pretty lad, and he<\/span>54<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nDoth wait as footboy on Queen Mab, whom she<\/span>55<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nMakes to enkindle fires, and set<\/span>56<\/sup><\/a><\/span> up lights,
\nAnd keeps<\/span>57<\/sup><\/a><\/span> the door for all the carpet-knights,<\/span>58<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nFor when the queen is gone to bed asleep,<\/span>59<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 85
\nThen a great<\/span>60<\/sup><\/a><\/span> revel-rout the court doth keep.
\nYet heretofore men did so strive<\/span>61<\/sup><\/a><\/span> to prove
\nThat Cupid was the only god<\/span>62<\/sup><\/a><\/span> of love.
\nBut if men could but<\/span>63<\/sup><\/a><\/span> to the center go,
\nThey soon would see that it were nothing so.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 90<\/p>\n

Here Nature nurses, and doth send in<\/span>64<\/sup><\/a><\/span> season
\nAll things abroad, as she herself thinks<\/span>65<\/sup><\/a><\/span> reason;
\nWhen she commands, all things do her obey,
\nUnless<\/span>66<\/sup><\/a><\/span> her countermand some things do stay.
\nFor she stays life, when drugs are well applied,<\/span>67<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 95
\nAnd<\/span>68<\/sup><\/a><\/span> healing balms to deadly wounds beside.<\/span>69<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nThere Mab is queen of all by Nature\u2019s will,
\nAnd by her favor she doth govern still.
\nO happy<\/span>70<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Mab, that is in Nature\u2019s grace,
\nFor she is always young,<\/span>71<\/sup><\/a><\/span> being in this place.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 100
\nBut leaving her,<\/span>72<\/sup><\/a><\/span> let\u2019s go and see<\/span>73<\/sup><\/a><\/span> the sport
\nThat\u2019s acted in the Queen of Fairy\u2019s<\/span>74<\/sup><\/a><\/span> court,<\/span>75<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Fairy Queen\u2019s large kingdom, got by birth, Is in the midst and center of the Earth, Where there are many springs and running streams, Whose waves do glister by the Queen\u2019s bright beams, Which makes them murmur as they pass away,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Because by running round they cannot stay. For they … Continue reading The Fairy Queen\u2019s Kingdom<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[217,233],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-part4","category-poems-part4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1887"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1891,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions\/1891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}