{"id":1892,"date":"2019-04-30T23:57:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T23:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2019-05-03T12:00:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T12:00:16","slug":"the-pastime-and-recreation-of-the-queen-of-fairies-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1892","title":{"rendered":"The Pastime and Recreation of the Queen of Fairies in Fairyland, the Center of the Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where this Queen<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Mab, and all her fairy fry<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nAre dancing<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> on a pleasant molehill high
\nTo<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> small straw pipes, wherein great<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> pleasure
\nThey take, and<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> keep just time and measure.
\nAll hand in hand, around, around,<\/span>7<\/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 5
\nThey dance upon this fairy ground.
\nAnd when she leaves her dancing ball,<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nShe doth for her attendants call<\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nTo wait upon her to<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> a bower,
\nWhere she doth sit under a flower\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
\nTo shade her from the moonshine bright,
\nWhere gnats do sing for her delight.
\nSome high, some low, some middle<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> strain,
\nMaking a consort very plain,
\nThe whilst the bat doth fly 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 15
\nTo keep in order all the rout,
\nAnd with her wings doth soundly pay<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nThose that make noise and not obey.<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nShe on a dewy leaf doth bathe,<\/span>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nAnd as she sits, the leaf doth wave.<\/span>15<\/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 20
\nThere, like a new-fallen flake of snow,<\/span>16<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nDoth her white limbs in beauty show.<\/span>17<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nHer garments fair her maids put on,<\/span>18<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nMade of the pure light from the sun,
\nFrom whence such colors she inshades<\/span>19<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 25
\nIn every object she invades.<\/span>20<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nThen to her dinner she goes straight,
\nWhere all fairies<\/span>21<\/sup><\/a><\/span> in order wait,
\nAnd on a mushroom there is spread<\/span>22<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nA cover fine of spider\u2019s web.<\/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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30
\nHer stool is of<\/span>24<\/sup><\/a><\/span> a thistle-down,
\nAnd for her cup, an acorn\u2019s crown,
\nWhich of strong nectar full<\/span>25<\/sup><\/a><\/span> is filled,
\nThat from sweet flowers is distilled.
\nFlies of all sorts, both fat and good,\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 35
\nAs quails, snipes, partridge are<\/span>26<\/sup><\/a><\/span> her food,
\nPheasants, larks, cocks, or<\/span>27<\/sup><\/a><\/span> any kind,
\nBoth wild and tame, you there may<\/span>28<\/sup><\/a><\/span> find,
\nAnd omelets<\/span>29<\/sup><\/a><\/span> made of ants\u2019 eggs new;
\nOf these high meats she eats but few.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 40
\nHer milk comes from the dormouse udder,<\/span>30<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nMaking fresh cheese, cream, and butter;<\/span>31<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nThis milk makes<\/span>32<\/sup><\/a><\/span> many a fine knack,
\nWhen they fresh ants\u2019 eggs therein crack.
\nPudding and custard,<\/span>33<\/sup><\/a><\/span> and seed-cake \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 45
\nHer well-skilled<\/span>34<\/sup><\/a><\/span> cook knows how to make.
\nTo sweeten them, the bee doth bring
\nPure honey, gathered by her sting.
\nBut for her guard serves<\/span>35<\/sup><\/a><\/span> grosser meat;
\nOn stall-fed dormice<\/span>36<\/sup><\/a><\/span> they do eat.\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 50
\nWhen dined, she calls<\/span>37<\/sup><\/a><\/span> to take the air
\nIn coach, which is a nutshell fair;
\nThe lining\u2019s soft<\/span>38<\/sup><\/a><\/span> and rich within,
\nMade of a glistering adder\u2019s skin.
\nAnd there, six crickets draw her fast,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 55
\nWhen<\/span>39<\/sup><\/a><\/span> she a journey takes in haste,
\nOr else two serve<\/span>40<\/sup><\/a><\/span> to pace a round,
\nAnd trample on the fairy ground.
\nIn hawks<\/span>41<\/sup><\/a><\/span> sometimes she takes delight,
\nWhich hornets are, most<\/span>42<\/sup><\/a><\/span> swift in<\/span>43<\/sup><\/a><\/span> flight,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 60
\nWhose horns instead of talons will<\/span>44<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nA fly, as hawks a partridge, kill.<\/span>45<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nBut if she will a-hunting go,
\nThen she the lizard makes the doe,
\nWhich is<\/span>46<\/sup><\/a><\/span> so swift and fleet in chase\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
\nAs her slow coach cannot keep<\/span>47<\/sup><\/a><\/span> pace;
\nThen on grasshopper doth she<\/span>48<\/sup><\/a><\/span> ride,
\nAnd gallop in the<\/span>49<\/sup><\/a><\/span> forest wide.
\nHer bow is of a willow branch,
\nTo shoot the lizard on the haunch;\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 70
\nHer arrow sharp, much like a blade,
\nOf a rosemary leaf is made.
\nThen home she\u2019s call\u00e8d by the cock,
\nWho gives her warning what\u2019s o\u2019clock,<\/span>50<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nAnd when the moon doth hide her head,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 75
\nTheir day is done; she goes<\/span>51<\/sup><\/a><\/span> to bed.
\nMeteors do serve, when they are bright,
\nAs torches do, to give her light.
\nGlow-worms, for candles lighted up,<\/span>52<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nStand on her table while she<\/span>53<\/sup><\/a><\/span> sup,\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 80
\nAnd in her chamber they are placed,
\nNot fearing how the tallow waste.
\nBut women, that inconstant kind,<\/span>54<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nCan ne\u2019er fix in one place<\/span>55<\/sup><\/a><\/span> their mind.
\nFor she, impatient of long stay,<\/span>56<\/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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 85
\nDrives to the upper Earth away.<\/span>57<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where this Queen Mab, and all her fairy fry Are dancing on a pleasant molehill high To small straw pipes, wherein great pleasure They take, and keep just time and measure. All hand in hand, around, around, \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 5 They dance upon this fairy ground. And when she leaves her dancing ball, She … Continue reading The Pastime and Recreation of the Queen of Fairies in Fairyland, the Center of the Earth<\/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-1892","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\/1892","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=1892"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1897,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions\/1897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}